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Detailed explanation-1: -Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari today inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 572 km of National Highway(NH) projects at a cost of Rs. 12981 crore in Kaushambi, Ayodhya and Basti in Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ganga Expressway project, starting from NH-334 near Meerut and terminating at NH-19 in Prayagraj, will perk up the construction pace in 2023. As per the report, IRB Infrastructure Developers and Adani Enterprises Limited had surfaced preferred bidders for the working on the projects In November 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -The longest National highway in India is NH-7 which is now called NH 44. It starts from Srinagar in the north and terminates in Kanyakumari in south. It passes through the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.

Detailed explanation-4: -The NH-44 came into existence after merging seven differently numbered national highways.