CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -’FY23 highway construction target set at 40 km/ day’

Detailed explanation-2: -Road Network in the Country: India has about 63.73 lakh km of road network, which is the second largest in the world. The length of various categories of roads is as under: National Highways: 1, 44, 634 km. State Highways: 1, 86, 908 km.

Detailed explanation-3: -Delhi Mumbai Expressway will be India’s longest expressway with length of 1, 386 km. It will reduce travel distance between Delhi and Mumbai by 12% from 1, 424 km to 1, 242 Km and travel time will be reduced by 50% from 24 hrs to 12 hrs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gadkari further said good road infrastructure creates prosperity and employment. “We are constructing 40 kilometers of highways per day, our target is to construct 60 kilometers of highways per day, ” he said at an event organised by Entrepreneurs’ Organisation Gurugram Chapter.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bharatmala is a road infrastructure project executed by the Government of India. By 2022 a total of 35, 000 Km of national highways construction and up-gradation will take place.