Digital Desk: The
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has set a world record by laying a
75-kilometer length of roadway in Maharashtra between Amravati and Akola in
less than five days.
Nitin Gadkari, the
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, also took to Twitter to publish
a certificate from the Guinness World Records authority.
"From 3 to 7 June
2022, Raj Path Infracon Pvt. Ltd. and Jagdish Kadam (both India) erected the
longest continuous piece of asphalt/bituminous concrete between Amravati and
Akola Districts on NH53, India," according to the Guinness World Records
certificate.
"NHAI has made
history by creating 75 kilometres of continuous bituminous concrete in a single
lane on the length of NH-53 between Amravati and Akola," Gadkari tweeted.
"This 75 km
single lane continuous bituminous concrete road is equivalent to 37.5 km of
2-lane paved shoulder road," he continued, "and a team of 800 NHAI
Official employees and 720 workers, including a team of independent
consultants, were involved in the work, which began at 7:27 a.m. on June 3,
2022 and ended at 5:00 p.m. on June 7, 2022."
The Amravati-Akola Highway
construction project began at 6 a.m. on June 3 and was expected to be completed
by June 7, setting a world record. The scheme involved 800 staff and 700
labourers, including highway engineers, safety engineers, and surveyors, in
order to finish the work in the shortest period possible.
The Rajput Infracon
has previously set a world record by constructing a road from Sangli to Satara
in 24 hours. As part of the government's monetization agenda, NHAI announced on
June 3 that it has offered a further three motorways totaling 247 kilometres to
its Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT).
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