Bharatmala Pariyojana

Umbrella highway programme approved in October 2017 — economic corridors, feeder routes, border and coastal roads and expressways. Phase-I planned 34,800 km at an estimated ₹5.35 lakh crore; Ministry releases report 26,418 km constructed by December 2023.

Category: Infrastructure & Transport
Ministry: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Launched: 2017
Budget: ₹5,35,000 crore

Stated goals

Optimise freight and passenger movement — 34,800 km in Phase-I across corridors, inter-corridors, feeder routes and border, coastal and expressway links.

Target beneficiaries

Freight operators, commuters and regions along the corridors

Fact-checks on this scheme

Not supported by auditRoad Connectivity: In continuation to our existing milestone of constructing roads at an unprecedented pace, we will construct 60,000 kms of National Highways in the next five years. We will double the length of National Highways by 2022.Claimed by Bharatiya Janata Party on 8 Apr 2019

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Bharatmala Pariyojana

Category: Infrastructure & Transport
Ministry: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Launched: 2017
Budget: ₹5,35,000 crore

Stated goals

Optimise freight and passenger movement — 34,800 km in Phase-I across corridors, inter-corridors, feeder routes and border, coastal and expressway links.

Target beneficiaries

Freight operators, commuters and regions along the corridors

Fact-checks on this scheme

Not supported by auditRoad Connectivity: In continuation to our existing milestone of constructing roads at an unprecedented pace, we will construct 60,000 kms of National Highways in the next five years. We will double the length of National Highways by 2022.Claimed by Bharatiya Janata Party on 8 Apr 2019