Govt plans to construct over 50,000 km of roads

NEW DELHI : Terming InvIT as an attractive vehicle for mobilising funds for road infrastructure, the government on Friday said it is planning to construct over 50,000 km of highways.

“Addressing a meeting of leading and large investor groups in New Delhi last evening, Secretary – Road Transport and Highways Giridhar Aramane said the ministry has plans for construction of over 50,000 kilometres of highways, a majority of those will be 4 and 6 lanes wide,” the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement.

The secretary called upon the investors to consider that InvIT has scope for broad basing the investor groups.