‘India has world’s second largest road network’: Gadkari says record budget allocation fueling expansion
India has the second largest road network in the world, with about 63.32 lakh km of roads as of March 2019. This is a remarkable increase from about 54.02 lakh km in March 2014. The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, shared this information in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.
He added, that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has received a significant boost in its budgetary allocation, from about Rs. 31,130 crore in 2013-14 to Rs. 2,76,351 crore in 2023-24. The capital expenditure on National Highways (NHs) has also increased manifold, from about Rs. 51,000 crore in 2013-14 to more than Rs. 2,40,000 crore in 2022-23.
