India's first electric highway between Delhi and Jaipur is my dream: Nitin Gadkari
Gadkari said his ministry"s budget is good, and the market is ready to support constructing the first electric highway
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New Delhi, March 15: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday, said that making India's first electric highway between Delhi and Jaipur is his dream. Addressing an event, Gadkari further said so far, the govt has received 47 proposals to set up ropeway cables in Manipur, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh & Kashmir.
"We need to reform NHAI...the delay in decision-making is one of the things where we need to improve NHAI," he noted. Gadkari said NHAI is constructing 650 roadside amenities and expressed his disappointment with the amenities developed by some contractors on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway.
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"My dream is to make an electric highway between Delhi and Jaipur," he said. The minister said his ministry's budget is good, and the market is ready to support it. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget for 2022-23 has allocated Rs 1.99 lakh crore for the road transport and highways ministry.
Of this, Rs 1.34 lakh crore will be allocated to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which is primarily responsible for the development of NHs and expressways across the country. Responding to a question, Gadkari said that NHAI should take quick decisions.
"We need to reform NHAI...the delay in decision-making is one of the things where we need to improve NHAI," he noted. Gadkari said NHAI is constructing 650 roadside amenities and expressed his disappointment with the amenities developed by some contractors on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway.
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Gadkari also said he also wishes to make bitumen (used for road construction) from biomass. "I am planning to formulate a policy for that where we can make bitumen from biomass," he said.