Overview
- In Sonipat, Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the country’s first commercial electric truck battery swapping‑cum‑charging station at DICT, built by Energy in Motion.
- The government is building 25 greenfield expressways totalling 10,000 km with an estimated investment of Rs 6 lakh crore, according to the minister.
- Gadkari said logistics costs have fallen from about 16% to roughly 10% of GDP, with a target to push them below 9% by December 2026 through expanded highways and multimodal links.
- Work on the Zojila Tunnel is 75–80% complete, and the highways ministry could raise about Rs 15 lakh crore through monetization of road assets, the minister said.
- Highlighting biofuels, Gadkari credited maize‑based ethanol and related initiatives with lifting corn prices and delivering about Rs 45,000 crore in additional income to farmers.