The government is committed to expanding the national highway network across the country with the aim of constructing 18,000 km of highways in 2022-23 at a record speed of 50 km per day, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. Gadkari further said the government’s overall target is to develop 2 lakh km of National Highway Network by 2025.
The road transport and highways minister emphasised that constructing world class road infrastructure in a time bound and target oriented way is essential.
“Ambitious targets to fulfil the ambitions of New India! Under the leadership of PM Shri @narendramodiji, we are committed to expanding the NH network across the country with the aim of constructing 18,000 km of NHs in 2022-23 at a record speed of 50km per day,” he said in a tweet.
