Question: As of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, what length of world class road is set to be constructed by the year 2024?
(a) 60,000 km
(b) 80,000 km
(c) 50,000 km
(d) 70,000 km
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari participated in the 16th Annual Conference on Road Development in India.
- The conference was held by India Infrastructure Publishing, which is a provider of information about the infrastructure sector.
- It was held to discuss rising trends in roadways, with the major focus on import substitution, cost-effectiveness, pollution-free alternative fuel.
- Addressing the conference, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that he has set a goal to construct 60,000 km of the world-class national highway by 2024, at the rate of 40 km per day.
- India with about 63 lakh kms of road network is the second largest road network in the world.
- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari highlighted that GOI has decided to invest 1.4 trillion dollars in infrastructure development through National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP).
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay