CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Currently, the longest expressway in India is the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway (Phase-I) at 520 km (320 mi) and the widest expressway is the Delhi - Dasna (UP border) section of the Delhi–Meerut Expressway with 14 lanes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Earlier in September, 2022, the union road minister had inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of seven National Highways, which stretch 222 km in length and cost 1, 128 crore in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The National Highways Development Project (NHDP) is a project to upgrade, rehabilitate and widen major highways in India to a higher standard. The project was started in 1998 under the leadership of Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.