The NDA Govt Cabinet on Tuesday Oct 24,2017 approved the biggest ever highway development plan to develop and expand approximately 83,000 km of roads at an investment of Rs 6.9 lakh crore by 2022.
The plan includes the new 28,400 km Bharatmala highway programme connecting border areas of the country.
Aimed at pushing economic activity and generating at least 32 crore man days across the country in the next five years, the focus of the entire plan is to improve speed of traffic flow on key corridors by providing uniform four-lane roads between two identified points. Most of these corridors will be shorter and access-controlled for faster movement of cargo vehicles.
Due to poor road conditions, narrow width and congestion points, a truck in India covers on an average 250-300 km daily in comparison to 700-800 km in developed countries.
"The new highway development programme is both building roads and improving mobility to reduce logistic cost. Better road network and rolling out of smart-tag based tolling will transform the road transport sector", said an official privy to the government's plan.
The plan includes the new 28,400 km Bharatmala highway programme connecting border areas of the country.
Aimed at pushing economic activity and generating at least 32 crore man days across the country in the next five years, the focus of the entire plan is to improve speed of traffic flow on key corridors by providing uniform four-lane roads between two identified points. Most of these corridors will be shorter and access-controlled for faster movement of cargo vehicles.
Due to poor road conditions, narrow width and congestion points, a truck in India covers on an average 250-300 km daily in comparison to 700-800 km in developed countries.
"The new highway development programme is both building roads and improving mobility to reduce logistic cost. Better road network and rolling out of smart-tag based tolling will transform the road transport sector", said an official privy to the government's plan.
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