Government signs USD 500-million pact with World Bank to develop green, safe highway corridors

To build safe and green national highway corridors, our government has signed an agreement for a USD 500-million project with the World Bank.

According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the highway corridors will be developed in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. This big infra project will enhance the capacity of the ministry in mainstreaming safe as well as green technologies. Under the Green National Highways Corridors project, 783 km of highways will be developed in various geographies by integrating eco-friendly and safe technology designs like industrial by-products, local and marginal materials as well as other bio-engineering solutions.

According to the report, this infra project will set new standards in the development of safe motorable roads. Besides, the selected stretches in the above-mentioned states will also help improve connectivity and promote economic development.

The transport infrastructure’s ultimate objective is to provide seamless connectivity as well as reduce logistics costs.

The ministry further stated that many investment programmes have been launched by the Modi government to strengthen and improve logistics performance. The ministry also added that the project will support the government with an in-depth analysis of issues related to gender in the transport sector.