Road Ministry targets building 13,813 km highways in FY24
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Road Ministry targets building 13,813 km highways in FY24

The Secretary, Anurag Jain, announced that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has set a goal to achieve a national record by building 13,813 km of highways in the current financial year. During a press briefing, Jain stated that the ministry is striving to eliminate less than two-lane national highways by 2027-28.

In March 2012, the total length of less than two-lane National Highways (NH) was 25,517 km, representing 30.1 percent of the total length. Currently, the total length of less than two-lane NHs stands at 14,350 km, accounting for 9.8 percent of the total length.

For the financial year 2019-20, the ministry completed the construction of 10,237 km of National Highways, followed by 13,327 km in 2020-21, 10,457 km in 2021-22, and 10,331 km in 2022-23.

As of December in the ongoing fiscal year, the ministry has already constructed 6,216 km of NH, surpassing the 5,774 km constructed in the corresponding period of the previous year.

The Secretary, Anurag Jain, announced that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has set a goal to achieve a national record by building 13,813 km of highways in the current financial year. During a press briefing, Jain stated that the ministry is striving to eliminate less than two-lane national highways by 2027-28. In March 2012, the total length of less than two-lane National Highways (NH) was 25,517 km, representing 30.1 percent of the total length. Currently, the total length of less than two-lane NHs stands at 14,350 km, accounting for 9.8 percent of the total length. For the financial year 2019-20, the ministry completed the construction of 10,237 km of National Highways, followed by 13,327 km in 2020-21, 10,457 km in 2021-22, and 10,331 km in 2022-23. As of December in the ongoing fiscal year, the ministry has already constructed 6,216 km of NH, surpassing the 5,774 km constructed in the corresponding period of the previous year.

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