CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The project will also enhance the capacity of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in mainstreaming safety and green technologies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari launched the Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification & Maintenance) Policy, 2015 at a function organized in New Delhi today.

Detailed explanation-3: -National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) was constituted by an Act of Parliament in 1988 under the administrative control of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways NHAI has been set up as a Central Authority to develop, maintain and manage the National Highways entrusted to it by the Government of India.

Detailed explanation-4: -The NHAI has the mandate to implement the National Highways Development Project (NHDP). The NHDP is under implementation in Phases.

Detailed explanation-5: -26 solar-powered ‘Green Expressways’ in India soon: Nitin Gadkari. Solar-powered electric highways will soon become a reality for India as the government is actively working on their development. The ‘Green Field Expressways’ will facilitate the charging of heavy-duty trucks and buses.