Jaipur, July 23 (IANS) Rajasthan has emerged as the leading state in the country in the construction of high‑speed corridors and greenfield expressways, with 1,192 kilometres of expressways completed so far, according to information shared by the Central Government in the Rajya Sabha. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, in a written reply, said Rajasthan has recorded the highest length of completed high‑speed corridors and greenfield expressways among all states.Chi…
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New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday reviewed the proposed new high-speed corridors, high-density corridors and other important national highway projects to be taken up in Maharashtra, officials said. “During the review meeting held in the national capital, the Union Minister discussed several key highway development projects, including six-laning of the Nagpur–Bhandara section, four-laning of the Taloda–Burhanpur section, Durg–Gadchiro…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) India’s road network has expanded at a rapid pace in the last 11 years to become the world’s second-largest, with national highways spanning across a length of 1,46,560 km in the country, according to official data.The government has constructed 57,125 km of National Highways during the last five years, with an average construction of 34,215 lane-km per year. This leads to an average annual employment generation of about 33 crore person-days, including direct and i…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) As the World Bank ranks India among the top 5 countries globally in terms of private investment in infrastructure among low- and middle-income economies, infrastructure continues to be central to India’s growth strategy, with public capital expenditure following a sustained upward trajectory since FY15, the Economic Survey 2025-26 stated on Thursday.According to the Survey, this has been made possible by the institutionalisation of multimodal planning through PM GatiSh…