The National Automobile Scrappage Policy unveiled on Friday will benefit all stakeholders as it will boost manufacturing, create jobs, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said
Addressing a virtual CII meet, Gadkari said that the National Highways Authority of India should also have a financial arm such as the Power Finance Corporation
The pace of highway construction in the country touched a record 37 km per day in 2020-21.
Gadkari pointed out that he is talking to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the New Development Bank NDB) for infrastructure funding in India, but he is not satisfied by their response.
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National highways are being constructed at a very fast pace and the entire country can hope of getting highways of an American standard in the next three years, Gadkari said
Gadkari said under the Phase-I of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) scheme, 425 electric buses were supported.
This was due to Covid-19-related restrictions
Gadkari also appealed to vehicle manufacturers to compulsorily provide a minimum of six airbags across all variants and segments of a vehicle.
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The chief minister also said the state requires proper roads as it borders Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and northeastern states.
The sources said the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo also presented a report to the Union minister on the construction of rural roads in West Bengal
The issue relates to 25,000 hectares of land in 15 districts of the state.
The Road Transport and Highways ministry has constructed 13,327 km of National Highways in 2020-21, which works out to about 37 km per day, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
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The annual average construction of national highways has recorded an 83 per cent spike in what was recorded during 2009-2014, Gadkari shared on his Twitter timeline
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The Road Transport and Highways Ministry Nitin Gadkari on Friday said that his aim is to construct 60,000 kilometres of the world-class national highway by 2024, at the rate of 40 kilometre per day
The minister emphasised on import substitution, cost effective, pollution free and indigenous methods and development of alternative fuel.
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