The average annual budgetary allocation of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has increased by 940 per cent from Rs 25,872 crore per year during 2009-14 to Rs 2.7 trillion during 2023-24, the ministry said in a press release.
The press release stated that the length of national highways (NHs) with four lanes and above, including high-speed corridors, has increased over 250 per cent from 18,371 km in March, 2014 to 46,179 km in December 2023. “The length of national highways with less than two lanes has decreased from 27,517 km in March, 2014 to 14,870 km, which is now only about 10 per cent of the NH network,” it said.
