Leading Online News Services: In terms of road network i.e. roads and highways, India has overtaken China to rank second in the world. America is at the top position in road network, followed by India. This will boost the Indian economy
- During the tenure of Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, India has reached the second rank in road networking in the world due to the large number of roads, highways and expressway projects in India.
- In the near future, India will try to compete with America in the road network. Pakistan's number is not even in the list of top ten countries in terms of road networking.
- Since 2014, 1.5 lakh km of new road projects have been completed in India.
- India has set a record by completing 100 km expressway in 100 hours.
- Last year, India's record for constructing a 75 km highway in 106 hours was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
- A similar construction has been done on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway to allow aircraft to land without ships.
America: 6.8 lakh km of road network
India: 63.7 lakh km. A network of roads above
China: 51.9 lakh km. I. A network of roads up to
Brazil: 20 lakh km.
Russia: 15.2 lakh km.
France: 10.5 lakh km. I.
Canada: 10.4 lakh km. I.
Australia: 8.73 lakh km.
Mexico: 8.7 lakh km. I.
I was happily surprised to see that we are ahead of China. That must be because the western half of China is sparsely inhabited.
More interesting is that we're within striking distance of the USA
I'm sure @nitin_gadkari ji can set a goal to overtake the US not too long from… https://t.co/nxUgYDk0Gy
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) January 4, 2024