Government is building 10,000 km greenfield expressway projects says MoRTH minister
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari informed that the government is constructing several greenfield expressway projects totaling 10,000 km across the country at a cost of INR 4.5 lakh crore.
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has generated more than INR 70,000 crore through various models of financing and the amount will be utilized to build highway projects. The minister said India's total National Highway (NH) network has increased from 91,000 km in 2014 to nearly 1.45 lakh km at present.
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