India enters Guinness World Records for fastest road construction: Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Friday that India holds the world record for fastest road construction. The minister said that India made three world records this month with the construction of a 2.5-km four-lane concrete road and 25-km one-lane bitumen Solapur-Bijapur road within 24 hours.

"We made three world records this month. India now holds the world record for the fastest road construction. We made it to the Guinness World Records by building a 2.5 km 4-lane concrete road within 24 hours and a 1-lane 25-km bitumen Solapur-Bijapur road within 24 hours," said Gadkari while inaugurating the Tedhi Pulia flyover. He also laid the foundation stone for the Khuram Nagar flyover in Lucknow.

The minister said that the government will build infrastructure worth Rs 111 lakh crore in the next five years. Gadkari added that the politics of the 21st century is that of progress.

The ministry of road, transport and highways (MoRTH) in a statement said that the construction of national highways had touched a record 37 km per day in the year 2020-21.

The length of National Highways has gone up by 50 per cent from 91,287 km as of April 2014 to 1,37,625 km as on March 20, 2021, it said. Gadkari lauded the teamwork of officials and other stakeholders and said that this would not have been possible without their dedication and teamwork.