Driving into 2021, govt sets eyes on expanding road infrastructure, more electric vehicles
After striving to turn the pandemic-induced “crisis into an opportunity” with ongoing construction of tunnel roads in tough terrains and critical infrastructure, the government will step on the gas in the new year for massive penetration of electric vehicles as well as expansion of road networks.
From Kailash Mansarovar route to Zojila tunnel to Lipulekh pass, massive construction works in the country’s roads and highways sector are either in progress or launched or have been completed during the coronavirus pandemic-ravaged 2020.
In the words of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, the driving force behind roadways expansion and numerous infrastructure development projects, the government decided to turn the crisis due to the pandemic into an opportunity.
The total length of national highways is currently around 1,34,400 kilometres and the aim is to add another 60,000 kilometres in five years’ time.
As the globe battled COVID-19, “we decided to turn it (crisis) into an opportunity and massive work could be done in tough terrains
