Road transport ministry completes 141,190 km of national highways

The road transport ministry has completed 1,41,190 kilometre of national highways as on March 31 this year out of the set target of 2 lakh km for 2024-25, the commerce and industry ministry said on Thursday. Similarly, the petroleum ministry has completed laying of a gas pipeline of 20,000 km out of 34,500 km targeted for the same period and the power ministry has also surpassed its target for laying transmission network of 4,54,200 km till end of March 2022.

Ministry-wise progress of such projects was discussed during a review meeting on PM GatiShakti on April 13. The PM GatiShakti National Master Plan is an integrated plan depicting all the existing and proposed development initiatives of various ministries/departments for better synergy.