The NHAI has achieved record 3,979 km of highways construction in the just concluded fiscal.Under the Phase -I of the Bharatmala Pariyojana, the government has approved implementation of 34,800km of national highways projects with a target of five years with an outlay of Rs 5.35 lakh crore. Some of the steps included award of projects after adequate project preparation in ...
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10,000 km road projects awarded under Bharatmala since 2017
As per the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, a total of 246 projects with an aggregate length of about 10,100kms have been awarded till February 2020 under Bharatmala Pariyojana. The total cost incurred towards these projects is Rs 2.38 lakh crore, which also includes projects on Greenfield Corridors. The Government of India had approved Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I in October ...
Improving India’s Travel Infrastructure
In 2016, India stood in the 35th position from a list of 160 countries in the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI). In 2016-17, 6,604km of national highways were constructed against a target of 15,000km. The Ministry for Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has, so far, invested over Rs 3 trillion and it is reported that the Ministry for Shipping ...