New Delhi, January 21 (IANS). Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the four Guinness World Records created by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) shows that India’s engineering capability and work force is growing rapidly. He said that these records have been made with the help of modern technology and strict quality standards.
This month, NHAI successfully created four Guinness World Records during the ongoing construction work on the Bengaluru-Cuddapah-Vijayawada Economic Corridor. This road is part of National Highway-544G.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is building world class roads and setting new global standards in the field of infrastructure.
The Minister congratulated NHAI and Rajpath Infracon Private Limited for creating four Guinness World Records for consecutive laying of bituminous concrete (asphalt road) in Package-2 and Package-3 of this 6-lane corridor.
Earlier this month, NHAI had created two Guinness World Records near Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh. The first record was for laying the longest continuous bituminous concrete road in 24 hours, laying a 9.63 km long road (28.89 lane km) with 3 lanes.
The second record was for the highest laying of 10,655 metric tonnes of bituminous concrete in 24 hours. Both these records were created for the first time in the world under this 6-lane National Highway project.
Subsequently, two more Guinness World Records were set on January 11, including the record for continuous laying of 57,500 metric tonnes of bituminous concrete and the record for continuous laying of 156 lane kilometer or 3 lane wide 52 kilometer long road, surpassing the old world record.
This 343 km long, fully controlled access, 6-lane Bengaluru–Cuddapah–Vijayawada Economic Corridor is designed for safe, fast and scenic travel.
This corridor includes 17 interchanges, 10 way-side facilities, 5.3 km long tunnel. Apart from this, about 21 km long stretch passes through forest area.
–IANS
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