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  • Construction of national highways at 10,993 kms in 2022-23: MoRTH

    Construction of national highways at 10,993 kms in 2022-23: MoRTH

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    New Delhi: The construction of national highways in 2022-23 was 10,993 kilometres, falling 13.70 per cent short of the government’s target of 12,500 km, according to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) latest data.

    The ministry awarded highways of 12,375 km length in the last financial year.

    While the pace of the construction of national highways (NH) in the country touched a record high of 37 kilometre a day in 2020-21, it slowed to 30.11 kilometre a day in 2022-23.

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    The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) are primarily responsible for the construction of national highways and expressways in India.

    The ministry said it had constructed 10,237 km in 2019-20, 13,327 km in 2020-21 and 10,457 km in 2021-22.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Parliamentary Committee Led By Nitin Gadkari On Two Day Visit To Kashmir

    Parliamentary Committee Led By Nitin Gadkari On Two Day Visit To Kashmir

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    SRINAGAR: A delegation of eight members of parliament both from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha headed by Nitan Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highway arrived in summer capital Srinagar on Sunday, officials said.

    Quoting an official, news agency Kashmir Dot Com reported that eight members of Parliament from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha arrived in Srinagar for two days to check the ground situation in Kashmir.

    Gadkari will also address the MPs, who are part of Parliamentary Consultative Committee of Ministry Of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) at Sonamarg.

    They will meet top officials of the JK administration here  and would visit Sonamarg in Ganderbal district on Monday to review the progress of work on twin tunnels coming up on the Srinagar-Leh Highway including Asia’s longest Zojila Tunnel and Z-Morh Tunnel, he said

    Nitan Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highway, Ghulam Nabi Khatna, Member of Parliament Raja Sabha, Jagdembika Pal, Member of Parliament Lok Sabha, Dr Chendrasen Jodon, Member of Parliament Raja Lok Sabha, PR Nagarjuna, Former Member of Parliament Raja Lok Sabha, Dr Lorton S Pfizer, Member of Parliament Raja Lok Sabha, P Ravindhranath, Member of Parliament Raja Lok Sabha and Chandan Singh, Member of Parliament Raja Lok Sabha have arrived in Srinagar, he added.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )