Freeway challenge to get delayed by 5 years: Govt

The federal government’s flagship programme for nationwide highways, Bharatmala Pariyojana (BMP) Part-I, — initially proposed to be accomplished by 2022 — will now be accomplished by 2027 and owing to the five-year delay, the estimated challenge value has doubled from ₹5.35 lakh crore to ₹10.63 lakh crore.

This info was furnished by the Union ministry of highway transport and highways earlier than the Parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and tradition, which introduced its newest report on highway infrastructure within the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

NHAI chairperson Alka Upadhyaya stated that every one the works underneath the BMP-Part 1 can be awarded newest by 2024. “Our award place has improved this 12 months (2021-22) and the identical momentum will proceed within the monetary 12 months 2022-23.” A senior transport official stated the delay occurred resulting from Covid-19 because it grew to become tough to get the employees again to websites for 2 years.