A new expressway would soon reduce travel time between the national capital and Mumbai to just 12 hours. “In FY18, the NHAI has awarded 150 road projects of 7,400 km worth Rs 122,000 crore. In the last five years, the average length of road projects awarded by NHAI was 2,860 km with 4,335 km awarded in the last financial year. In comparison, the length of projects awarded in FY18 is an all-time high and a record achievement by NHAI since its inception in 1995,” NHAI said. NHAI officials state that the increase in awarding of the project in FY18 is due to Bharatmala Programme.

Source: dna April 07, 2018 05:03 UTC