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India Accelerates Road Overhaul to Match U.S. Standards Within Two Years

Gadkari plans to cut logistics costs to nine percent through expanded expressways under a comprehensive highway program

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Overview

  • The government has approved ₹1.5 lakh crore in new road and tunnel projects around Delhi to ease congestion and improve urban connectivity.
  • Construction of 25 greenfield expressways and a 3,000 km port connectivity highway is underway to strengthen trade corridors.
  • Logistics costs have fallen to nine percent from 16 percent over the past decade, a shift credited with boosting export competitiveness.
  • Twenty-three of 36 planned tunnels on the JammuSrinagar corridor are complete, with work on four to five more in progress.
  • The plan allocates ₹1 lakh crore for roads linking religious tourism circuits alongside 15 ropeways and 35 multimodal logistics parks to enhance passenger and cargo access.