In order to build world-class road infrastructure across the country, the Union Cabinet recently approved the biggest ever highway project to develop and expand about 83,677 km of roads entailing a staggering investment of Rs.7 lakh crore by 2022. The project also includes the new 28,400 km Bharatmala highway program connecting border areas, improving international, port and coastal connectivity and developing highway corridors connecting key economic and commercial hubs across the country. According to the ministry's estimates, construction of 10,000 km of highways annually has the potential of generating huge job avenues. The focus of the entire plan is to improve the speed of traffic flow on key corridors by providing uniform four-lane roads between identified points. Most of these corridors will be shorter and access-controlled for faster movement of cargo vehicles. This is definitely one of the widely expected, big-ticket projects that the government has been talking about for some time now after the launch of National Highway Development Programs under multiple phases.
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25 October 2017
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