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09/06/22 07:33 AM IST

NHAI Creates World Record

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  • The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has set a new Guinness World Record by constructing a 75 km continuous bituminous concrete in single lane on the section of NH-53 between Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh to Akola in Maharashtra within five days.
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  • The record was previously achieved by Public Works Authority - ASHGHAL (Qatar) on 27 February 2019.
  • The road was part of the Al-Khor Expressway and it had taken 10 days to complete the task.
  • The 75 Km single lane continuous Bituminous Concrete Road is equivalent to 37.5 Km of 2-Lane Paved shoulder road.
  • The  team of 800 NHAI employees and 720 workers including team of independent consultants were involved in the job.
  • The work was completed in record time of 105 Hours and 33 minutes.
  • The Amravati to Akola section is the part of National Highway-53 and an important East-West corridor.
  • Passing through mineral rich region of the country, the section connects major cities like Kolkata, Raipur, Nagpur, Akola, Dhule, and Surat.
Source- Indian Express 

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