INDIA’S ROAD NETWORK

Sept. 5, 2020

India has now the second largest road network in the world being fuelled by the tremendous growth in construction of expressways and highways.

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Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said this while addressing the 60th annual convention of SIAM.
He informed that the current rate of road building per day has averaged to 30 Kilometre a day, with the highest being 40 Kilometre per day of highways.

Source : All India Radio

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