Road Transport and Highway Ministry taking steps to clear road projects
The Road Transport and Highways Ministry has taken a slew of steps, including making projects of Rs 50,000 crore ready for award, clearing Rs 1.5 lakh crore projects and setting a target to build 30 km of roads a day, for turning around the sector, Minister Nitin Gadkari said. Drafting new Motor Vehicles Bill is another important step taken, he added.
Also on the anvil is formation of NHAI-International to bid and construct roads overseas. Setting up a National Highways & Infrastructure Development Company, primarily dedicated for implementing highways projects along borders is also on the card.
In two years time, the road transport and highways sector will undergo revolutionary changes. Transport and shipping sectors will contribute at least 2 per cent increase in the country’s GDP in two years span, Nitin Gadkari said.
The target of building roads has been taken in order to ease the connectivity issues that had been on a rise since some time. This is why the government has taken steps towards this in order to do away with the problem permanently.
Source: The Economic Times
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