PTI
The road transport and highways ministry has proposed to build 50,000 km of high-speed (access-controlled) corridors by 2047, a senior official said on Friday.
Once completed, the average travel speed of trucks will increase from the current 45 kmph to 75-80 kmph on the National Highway network, Road Transport and Highways Secretary Anurag Jain said. According to him, while the total length of high-speed corridors in 2014 was 353 km, which increased to 3,913 km in 2023.
“We have finalized a vision document for the infrastructure sector… In that document, we have proposed to increase the total length of high-speed corridors to 50,000 km by 2047,” he said. A vision document is being prepared by NITI Aayog for India to become a developed economy of about USD 30 trillion by 2047, and it will be released by the Prime Minister by the end of January.
