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According to Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Harsh Malhotra, the pace of highway construction surged from 14 km per day in 2014 to 32 km per day right now owing to the government's focus on infrastructure creation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He made this statement at a Summit India-hosted event. The BJP-led NDA government accelerated the pace of highway construction because it recognised the value of road connectivity on economic growth.
In addition to this providing connectivity, he said highways bring economic prosperity and development for people in its vicinity. The total length of national highways in India increased 60% to 1,46,145 km till December 2023, from 91,287 km in 2014.
Talking about capital expenditure (capex) in the other sectors, he said, 75 new airports have been built in the last 10 years with a vision to bring air travel within the reach of a vast number of common citizens.
Capex-led growth pursued by the government in the last 10 years has made India the 5th largest economy in the world from 11th before 2014, he said.
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