Government has established a framework for regular review of the progress of all on-going National Highway works including National High-Speed Corridors and Greenfield Expressways. This involves review at project, State and Central level in the Government involving all stakeholders including the State Governments concerned.

A total of 10,389 km of National High-Speed Corridors have been awarded across the country, of which 4,809 km have been completed and 5,580 km is under implementation. The State-wise status of awarded length, under construction, completed and operational National High-Speed Corridor and Expressway Projects is annexed.

To expedite project execution, the Government has undertaken various initiatives. These include streamlining and expediting land acquisition using “Bhoomi Rashi” portal and GIS-based Land Acquisition Plan, revamping “Parivesh” Portal through Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to facilitate faster forest and environmental clearances, enabling online approval of General Arrangement of Drawings (GAD) of Road Over Bridge/Road Under Bridge (ROB/RUB) from the Railways, and leveraging the mechanism of review and resolution of bottlenecks/hindrances in ongoing projects, in active collaboration with the State Governments and other stakeholders.

Progress of Construction of National High-Speed Corridors and Greenfield Expressways

This information was given by Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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