Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday that capital expenditure on National Highways (NHs) has risen from Rs 51,000 crore in 2013-14 to more than Rs 2.4 trillion in 2022-23.
The ministry said that the budgetary allocation for the ministry has risen to Rs 2.7 trillion in 2023-24 from Rs. 31,130 crore in 2013-14. The NH network in the country has risen from 91,287 km in March 2014 to about 0.14 million km in 2023. Gadkari provided this information in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
