Cabinet approves mega highway project to develop 80,000 km roads

The Union cabinet has approved a mega-highway project in order to develop and expand 83,000 km of the road at an investment of Rs 7 Lakh crore in the next five years.

The proposal came up for approval at the meeting of the Union Cabinet on Tuesday. The proposal is aimed at improving the speed of traffic flow on key corridors and to make them shorter for faster movement of cargo vehicles and lower logistics cost.

According to the TOI report, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has already prepared detailed project reports (DPRs) for about 10,000 km of the identified network, which will help faster roll out of projects. The mega-highway development plan will also help the government to counter the Opposition's allegation that government has failed to create jobs in the country.