Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, spoke to the Lok Sabha that the Bharatmala Pariyojana approved by the central government in 2017 has made significant progress.
Out of the total length of 26,425km earmarked for development under this project, 19,826km of road projects have already been accomplished.
The Minister disclosed this information in a written response earlier this week.
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What is Bharatmala Pariyojana?
Bharatmala Pariyojana was introduced to improve nationwide logistics efficiency and connectivity including connectivity to tribal, aspirational and Left Wing Extremist-affected districts while reducing accidents on these Highways and ensuring safer transportation networks.
The development of high-speed corridors is targeted to reduce the travel time substantially between key economic centres.
Various Industrial Hubs, NMP nodes, MMLPs, Ports and Airports would receive high-speed connectivity through these corridors.
As of February 2025, 6,669 km length of high-speed greenfield corridors was awarded with construction completed for 4,610 km.
"Necessary road safety measures are taken during design, construction, operation and maintenance stages. Further, Guidelines have been issued for regular safety audit of all NHs at design, construction, pre-opening stage of NH projects as well as on existing NHs for ensuring road safety," Gadkari remarked.
The constructions of highways involve smart technologies such as Automated and intelligent Machine-aided construction (AI-MC), LIDAR and drone-based analytics etc.
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