Length of highways in India increased 59 pc in 9 years: Nitin Gadkari

New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): The total length of national highways in India increased by about 59 per cent in the past nine years – since the current government came into power, said Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadhkari said and noted as a result of this expansion the country now has the second largest road network after the US.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, Gadkari said the total length of National HIghways was 91,287 km in 2013-14, which has now increased to 145,240 km in 2022-23.