Highlights 1 A stretch of 1000 kms will be completed in the first phase of the Bharatmala project. 3 Bharatmala will see an investment of Rs 5.35 lakh crore rupees. The Centre also unveiled its ambitious Bharatmala project as part of which roads over a distance of 34,800 kms will be constructed. Bharatmala will see an investment of 5.35 lakh crore rupees. It is the country's second-largest highways project after the National Highway Development Project that saw development of about 50,000 km of roads and highways.

Source: India Today October 24, 2017 16:45 UTC