MILESTONES

➘ SETTING UP OF the National Highway Authority of India in 1989. Its job is development, maintenance and management of National Highways

➘ NHIDCL COMMITTEE The Union Cabinet, in 2014, approved the creation and operationalisation of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) to improve regional connectivity in strategic areas

➘ GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL PROJECT A NH network connecting four major metro cities of India. The project was launched in 2001

➘ MUMBAI-PUNE EXPRESSWAY/ DELHI-NOIDA

DIRECT FLYWAY

➘ WORLI SEA LINK PROJECT, MUMBAI

➘ BHARATMALA PROJECT For construction/upgradation of National Highways of 34,800 km over a period of five years (2017-18 to 2021-22) at an estimated outlay of Rs 5,35,000 crore