{"id":623834,"date":"2023-12-22T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T04:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=623834"},"modified":"2023-12-22T11:02:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T05:32:27","slug":"the-road-ahead-nitin-gadkari-says-indias-road-infrastructure-will-be-at-par-with-us-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/the-road-ahead-nitin-gadkari-says-indias-road-infrastructure-will-be-at-par-with-us-in-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The Road ahead: Nitin Gadkari says India\u2019s road infrastructure will be at par with US in five years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has outlined India\u2019s ambitious goal of bringing the country\u2019s infrastructure standards up to that of the US within the next five years. He added that as part of its strategy, the government aims to address metro congestion, significantly reduce travel time, and minimize road accidents. <\/p>\n<p>He highlighted that over the past nine years, the ministry has allocated projects exceeding Rs 50 lakh crore and has streamlined the contract approval process by refining existing policies. <\/p>\n<p>In an interview published in the Manorama Yearbook 2024, Gadkari emphasized the ministry\u2019s commitment to transparency, time-bound decision-making, and quality-conscious approaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has outlined India\u2019s ambitious goal of bringing the country\u2019s infrastructure standards up to that of the US within the next five years. He added that as part of its strategy, the government aims to address metro congestion, significantly reduce travel time, and minimize road accidents. He highlighted that over the past nine years, the ministry has allocated projects exceeding Rs 50 lakh crore and has streamlined the contract approval process by refining existing policies. In an interview published in the Manorama Yearbook 2024, Gadkari emphasized the ministry\u2019s commitment to transparency, time-bound decision-making, and quality-conscious approaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,197,138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-roads-the-financial-express","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}