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Govt planning NHAI revamp to make highway projects more viable: Gadkari

The total length of National Highways at present is abut 150,000 km, or about 2 per cent the length of all the roads, but they carry about 40 per cent of the total trafficMwwgh

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Megha Manchanda New Delhi

2 min read Last Updated : Jun 17 2020 | 12:58 AM IST

To make highway projects more financially viable, the Union government is once again planning to switch strategy, and this time it is looking at revamping the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

While addressing an Assocham webinar, Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said the government was taking steps in this direction.

The total length of national highways at present is about 150,000 km, about 2 per cent of the length of all roads, but they carry about 40 per cent of total traffic.

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