Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday stressed upon utilising modern and green technologies in road construction all over the country. Chairing a meeting to review New Green Highways Policy (Plantation) and to discuss use of new technologies in road construction through video conference, Gadkari said that it should be our mission to reduce cost of construction by 25 percent and for this, new technologies are required.
While discussing new technologies in road construction, he said that it should be our mission to reduce cost of construction by 25 percent and for this new technologies are required. He said that specific areas like hilly areas, border areas and coastal areas need different approach and technologies. He appreciated the use of such technology in road construction in Andaman and Nicobar and motivated NHIDCL to follow the example in rest of the projects.
