Nitin Gadkari: India's road network grows 59% in nine years to become second largest in world
The government is taking various measures to reduce it further to below 30 seconds, he noted
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said India’s road network grew 59 per cent to become the second largest in the world as part of the development work carried out by the government in the last nine years.
The minister further informed that the revenues from tolls rose to Rs 4,1342 crore from Rs 4,770 crore in 2013-14.
The government aims to increase the toll revenue to Rs 1,30,000 crore by 2020, Gadkari said.
The usage of fastags has helped in reducing the waiting time at the toll plazas to 47 seconds.
The government is taking various measures to reduce it further to below 30 seconds, he noted.
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