India has constructed a network of 92,000 km of national highways in the last 9.5 years; this new record will be made soon

Over the past nine and a half years, the Ministry of Road and Transport Highways (MoRTH) has constructed approximately 92,000 km of national highways; by the end of next month, that number will have risen to 95,000 km. Anurag Jain, the Ministry Secretary, provided this information on Thursday.

Speaking at a gathering hosted by the International Road Federation (IRF), Jain claimed that the ministry had revolutionised planning and developing mobility-based transport models for the future by utilising cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence. According to him, the demands of the growing population and possible traffic will be taken into consideration when the high-speed corridor is constructed over the next 50 years.

Jain also said that the ministry has identified most of the black spots on national highways in the country and most of them will be covered by the end of March 2025. IRF President Anouar Benzous said the role of infrastructure planners, designers and contractors is rapidly changing and they need to be able to adopt new technologies, digital tools and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).