- The main aim of the government is to build the 2 lakh km of national highway network by 2025.
- Presently India’s national highway construction slowed to 28.65 km per day and they wanted to increase it to 50 km per day.
- As of now a total length of 4325 km of national highway constructed which is higher than the 4218 km of national highway in FY 2021.
- Apart from constructing the roads, they will also emphasize creating world-class infrastructure for end-users in a time-bound and target-oriented way.
- Earlier in April, the Ministry of Road & Transport highway has also sanctioned 12 national highway projects costing around 8000 crores, it will be constructed in a total length of 460kms which is expected to boost the interconnectivity between Telangana and Maharastra, Karnataka, and Andhrapradesh.
Question:
Q.1 Recently Ministry of Road & Transport has decided to construct how many km of a national highway for FY23?a. 20,220kms
b. 18,000kms
c. 17,000kms
d. 21,000kms
