In the first seven months of the current fiscal year, building on India's national highways averaged 20.78 kilometers per day, according to figures released recently in New Delhi. The Ministry of Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has established plans to continue the rapid expansion of highways and build 12,500 kilometers of new roads in the coming year.
at this time period, the total distance awarded for projects is 2,595 kilometers, down from 5,007 kilometers at the same time last year. In its monthly statement to the Cabinet for October 2023, MoRTH reported that the ministry had built 4,474 kilometers of national highways up to that point, an increase from the 4,060 kilometers built up to the same point in 2022–23.
The government built 10,237 kilometers of NH in 2019–20, 13,327 kilometers in 2020–21, and 10,457 kilometers in 2021–22.
A swift decision on the proposal for approval of the amended Bharatmala Phase-1 or other plan is required if the award target is to be attained this year. It added that the construction progress in FY 2024-25 would reflect the shortfall in this year's grant.
With a budget of Rs 5.35 lakh crore, Bharatmala Pariyojana plans to build out 34,800 kilometers (km) of national highway corridors across India.
Economic corridors, inter-corridor and feeder roads, national corridor efficiency improvements, border and international connectivity roads, coastal and port connectivity roads, expressways, and a total of about 10,000 kilometers of roads developed as part of the balance National Highway Development Project (NHDP) are all part of Phase 1 of the program.
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