NHAI contractor makes world record

The feat by Patel Infrastructure Limited has been recognized by both the India Book of Records and the Golden Book of World Records. The record was created in the backdrop of the Ministry having constructed 8,169 km of National Highways (NHs) from April 2020 to 15 January 2021 in the current financial year 2020-21, i.e. with a speed of about 28.16 km per day. The ministry is hopeful that with such a brisk pace it should be able to cross the construction target of 11,000 km by 31 March. The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway with a length of 1,320 km will be India's longest expressway and will reduce travel time between Delhi and Mumbai from 24 hours to 13 hours. The new highway is being built at an estimated cost of Rs one lakh crore starting from Sohna near Gurugram in the NCR region and will terminate at Mumbai. It will cut the distance between the national and financial capital of India by 280 km.