NHAI creates world record by constructing 25.54 km highway in 18 hours

The National Highways Authority of India will enter the Limca Book of Records soon!

Yes, you read it right, the government agency has recently completed the development of a 25.54 km single-lane stretch road in a record time of just 18 hours.

The construction has been done at the Solapur-Vijaypur highway. The highway is a part of the Bengaluru-Vijayapura-Aurangabad-Gwalior corridor and this would reduce the time of travellers significantly.

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari shared this achievement on his social media and congratulated the employees who worked for this, he said, “500 employees of the contractor company have worked hard for this. I congratulate the project directors, officers, contractor company representatives and project officials of the National Highways Authority, including those employees.”

“Currently 110 km of Solapur-Vijapur highway is in progress which will be completed by October 2021,” Gadkari added.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol lauded NHAI’s feat. He said that it would set a ‘benchmark In the ongoing and upcoming projects. “I congratulate the entire team on completing the 25.54-km lane asphalting in 18 hours. The work was launched when Ramesh Jigajinagi was the union minister of state,” Karjol tweeted.