Length of NH in India increased 60 per cent in the last 10 years
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Length of NH in India increased 60 per cent in the last 10 years

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is confident of achieving the highways construction target of 13,814 km for the current fiscal, its secretary Anurag Jain said. He said that the total length of national highways in India increased 60 per cent to 146,145 km till December 2023 ...

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is confident of achieving the highways construction target of 13,814 km for the current fiscal, its secretary Anurag Jain said. He said that the total length of national highways in India increased 60 per cent to 146,145 km till December 2023 from 91,287 km in 2014. He said that the pace of highway construction in 2023-24 so far has been better than last year. Up to 31 December 2023, the ministry had built 6,217 km of national highway, higher than last year’s 5,774 km for the same period. The government plans to award 10,000 km of NH projects in 2023-24.  Contact: MoRTH Website: www.morth.nic.in

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