Government approves 9,599 crore for maintenance of National Highway

National Highways Maintenance: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that the government has approved a short -term maintenance contract (STMC) in the current financial year (FY 25) for the maintenance of the National Highway (NH) network in the current financial year (FY 25). It will cost Rs 2,842 crore. Performance based maintenance (PBMC) works have also been approved in 6,118 km length road. Its cost is Rs 6,757 crore.

Mechanism for Maintenance of National Highway

In a written statement in the Lok Sabha, the Union Minister said that the government has preferred the maintenance of the current National Highway Network and has prepared a mechanism to ensure the maintenance and repair of all NH sections through a maintenance agency. At present, 1,310 national highway projects in length are under construction at a cost of Rs 8.11 lakh crore in the country at a cost of Rs 8.11 lakh crore.

Contract for so long

The contract period for STMC tasks usually occurs between 1-2 years. The contract of PBMC work is for about 5-7 years. The government is encouraging new technology and methods to keep national highways durable for a long time and reduce the need for maintenance.

The Union Minister said that the government assesses the road situation before the start of work and the certificate of completion to be completed before the certificate issue. Evaluation is done at regular intervals of six months of completion of the work to ensure that the quality of roads is fine.

Work on advanced traffic management system also started

Apart from this, the government has also started work on the installation of the Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) on four lanes and long national highways.

Gadkari said, “With the help of many different types of electronic devices in ATMs, it helps in effective monitoring of highways, which takes less time in the response of an event and improves road safety.”

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