The National Highways Authority of India sets a “Guinness World Record” by laying and constructing a continuous 75km highway in just 5 days. NHAI created the outstanding Guinness World Record by constructing bituminous concrete on the section of NH-53 between Amravati and Akola. This section from Amravati to Akola is also an important east-west corridor. They completed the project for this newly built NH 35 highway in just 105 hours and 33 minutes.
The Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announced the brilliant news and success of NHAI and also congratulated everyone associated with this 75km long highway construction. He shared the news on his official Twitter account and spread the word about the finish line around the world.
#ConnectingIndia with Prosperity!
Celebrating the rich legacy of our nation with #AzadiKaAmrutMahotsav, under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi Ji @NHAI_Official successfully completed a Guinness World Record (@GWR)… pic.twitter.com/DFGGzfp7Pk
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) June 7, 2022
…by constructing 75 Km continuous Bituminous Concrete in Single Lane on the section of NH-53 between Amravati to Akola. #PragatiKaHighway #GatiShakti #8YearsOfInfraGati @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/Obl11siWRl
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) June 7, 2022
Also, he shared that this single-lane continuous bituminous concrete road is actually equivalent to a 2-Lane Paved shoulder road of 37.5 Km each.
Gadkari also tweeted that the entire project took a record 105 hours and 33 minutes to build the bituminous concrete in a single lane.
…and 720 workers including team of Independent Consultants were involved in the job that started on 3rd June, 2022 at 7:27 AM and was completed on 7th June, 2022 at 5:00pm. #PragatiKaHighway #GatiShakti #8YearsOfInfraGati pic.twitter.com/4Dq1CDLKjR
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) June 7, 2022
This section is a big push to connect big cities like Kolkata, Raipur, Nagpur, Akola, Dhule and even Surat.
