National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planning to develop a grid of world-class wayside amenities along national highways and expressways at 600 locations in the next five years on public private partnership (PPP) mode.
As per the plan, a total of about 3,000 hectares of land alongside both greenfield and existing alignments will be developed offering world-class retail, food court, restaurants, medical services, public conveniences, banquets, and recreational facilities for highway users. The sites will also have dedicated retail area for local arts and crafts.
For the truck drivers, provisions will be made for dormitories for quality rest during the travel. The wayside amenities will also have helipads for emergency purposes.
“The government is studying the international guidelines on development of highway amenities on every 40 to 60 kilometers. We have studied all trucking corridors as well as the expressways and the national highways on which the grid of wayside amenities will be developed,” a source close to the development told Business Today.
The source added that 376 world-class wayside amenities will come up alongside the national highways and expressways. “Additionally, in the Northern India,
