The Fast Lane to Growth
Louis Berger’s work on the Vijayawada-Chilakaluripet Highway resulted in a thoroughfare to meet India’s booming development.
Kshitish Nadgauda, Senior VP & MD, Louis Berger, Asia
When the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) last widened the Vijayawada-Chilakaluripet Highway in the early 2000s, the country was at the beginning of its exponential economic growth. Since then, the nation’s GDP has more than tripled. Bolstered by ambitious government initiatives, powerful growth in industrial manufacturing, and a population that comprises 22% of the global workforce, India’s economic development has demanded a frenzy of activities to modernize the country’s infrastructure. Expansion and restoration of the country’s national highway system is chief among these needs.
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NBM&CW June 2018
