NHAI creates World Record by constructing 75 Km NH road in under 5 days

The National Highway Authority of India has created a new Guinness World Record by constructing a 75 km continuous bituminous concrete in a single lane on the section of NH-53 between Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh to Akola in Maharashtra within five days. Rajpath Infracon Pvt Ltd and Jagdish Kadam, consultants and concessionaire, of team NHAI achieved this feat.

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari informed that the 75 Km single lane continuous Bituminous Concrete Road is equivalent to 37.5 Km of 2-Lane Paved shoulder road.

The minister added that the team of 800 NHAI employees and 720 workers including a team of independent consultants were involved in the job that started on 3 June at 7.27 am and was completed on 7 June at 5:00 pm. The work was completed in a record time of 105 hours and 33 minutes.

The Amravati to Akola section is part of National Highway-53 and an important East-West corridor. Passing through mineral-rich region of the country, the section connects major cities like Kolkata, Raipur, Nagpur, Akola, Dhule, and Surat.