The Green National Highway Corridors Project (GNHCP) will be constructed in an aggregate length of 781 kilometres in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. (Photo: IANS)
The Government of India and the World Bank have signed an agreement for the construction of the Green National Highway Corridors Project (GNHCP) in four states, including Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh, as per the information given by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari’s written reply in Rajya Sabha.
As per the reports, the corridor will be constructed in an aggregate length of 781 km, with loan assistance of $500 million as against the total project cost of $1288.24 million (Rs 7,662.47 crores).
The objective of the GNHCP is to demonstrate safe and green highways keeping in view climate resilience and the use of green technologies by incorporating the provisions of conservation of natural resources using cement-treated sub-base/reclaimed asphalt pavement, use of local/ marginal material such as lime, fly ash, waste plastic, bio-engineering measures for slope protection such as hydroseeding, coco/jute fiber, etc., which will enhance the ability of Ministry to bring Green technologies into the mainstream.
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