India’s National Highways recorded 60% growth in the last 10 years.
The length of India’s National Highway network has increased from 91,287 km in 2014 to 146,195 km in 2024.
India has the second largest road network in the world.
National High-Speed Corridors have also increased from a mere 93 km in 2014 to 2,474 km in 2024.
2,540 km of highways have been added through Externally Aided Projects (EAP) with loan assistance from the World Bank, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
As part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) plans to develop a network of 35 Multimodal Logistics Parks (MMLPs) with an investment of Rs 46,000 crore.
These MMLPs will serve as regional cargo aggregation and distribution hubs for various industrial and agricultural nodes.
The government has also introduced the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities. It is operating in 19 states and UTs.
