Nueva Delhi: The Government will carry out the expansion of 25,000 km of two -lane road roads, which implies an investment of RS 10 Lakh million rupees in the next two years, he said Minister of Road Transportation Nitin Gadkari at Lok Sabha on Thursday. He also announced the decision to reduce the NH stretching traffic threshold to qualify for expansion to four, six and eight lanes.
Answering a question about the multiple NHS NHS, Gadkari said that the two -lane sections that transport more than 12,000 passenger cars (PCU) units per day will qualify to expand to four -lane roads, which were prior to 12,500 PCU. Four -lane roads That rape of the limit of 20,000 PCU per day will qualify for six lanes and those with more than 30,000 will be extended to eight lanes.
PCU is a metric used to measure the impact of different vehicles on traffic flow, converting heterogeneous traffic into a standardized and homogeneous current for analysis and planning. Although a standard passenger car is generally assigned a PCU value of 1, a heavy truck could have a PCU value of 2-4.
Sources The official decision on the eligibility criteria reviewed for NH expansion will soon be planned to plan the next phase of road development.
Gadkari said the government has prepared the detailed reports of the 3,500 km two -lane for four lanes expansion and the preparation of DPRs for another 21,500 will begin soon.
This gains importance taking into account the increase of government in the construction of broader roads that can meet the demand for projected traffic. In the last 11 years, the duration of 4 lane roads has increased by 163%, 18,000 km to 48,000 km.
The minister currently said 636 NH projects of four/six and eight lanes that cover 16,422 km that cost more than RS 6 Lakh Crore are underway, of which 8,852 km long are completed. All this will be gradually completed for financial year 2028-29.