India, Feb. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
construction leads to an induced employment generation of 52,393 person-days per lane-km over a period of 7 years driven by the increased economic activity in the region.
Government has constructed 57,125 km of NHs during last five years with average construction of 34,215 lane-km of NHs per year. This leads to average annual employment generation of about 33 Crore person-days including direct and indirect employment.
Government has targeted to operationalize 18,000 km of Access Controlled National HSCs
/ Expressways by 2028-29. Also, total 26,000 km of Access Controlled National HSCs / Expressways are targeted for award by 2032-33. Government has taken up the development of ring road / bypasses of cities with population of more than Five Lakh on priority. In addition, connectivity of ports as per the prioritization of Ministry of Shipping, Ports and Waterways and connectivity to Industrial nodes as per the priority of National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) are also taken up for development. The above proposed development will increase the logistics efficiency which will act as driver to economic growth.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari Ji in written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
