Central Government will build 26 green expressways in the next 3 years, Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadakari said. The minister also claimed that India’s road infrastructure will be as good as that in the United States by 2024.
The Minister was replying to the supplementary questions during Question hour. Gadakri also ensured that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is not suffering from any shortage of funds and is financially very sound with AAA rating. He said the NHAI can build 5 lakh km roads in a year.
“Under Narendra Modi’s leadership before 2024, India’s road infrastructure will be the same as that in the United States, I promise. There is no shortage of funds,” Gadkari said, adding, we will change the entire infrastructure of the country.
In the next 3 years, we are building 26 green expressways, the minister said, adding that one can travel from Delhi to Dehradun, Haridwar or Jaipur in two hours thereafter.
The minister also claimed that after the expressways are built, the travel time between several cities will reduce like between Delhi to Chandigarh it will be 2.5 hours, Delhi to Amritsar 4 hours, Delhi to Katra 6 hours, Delhi to Srinagar 8 hours, Delhi to Mumbai 12 hours and Chennai to Bengaluru 2 hours.
He also claimed that people reach Delhi from Meerut in 40 minutes now, earlier it used to take 4.5 hours.