Gadkari targets ‘pothole free’ highways by December, says policy in works
Live MintUnion Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on September 28 said that a policy is being formulated to make highways across the country “potholes free” by the year-end, news agency PTI reported. Road Transport and Highways Secretary Anurag Jain, who briefed the reporters along with Gadkari in New Delhi, said the ministry has done the mapping of the entire national highways length of 1,46,000 kilometres and is firming up performance-based maintenance and short-term maintenance contracts to remove potholes by December this year. For the upcoming highway construction projects, the government is likely to issue contracts under the Built-Operate-Transfer mode, as Gadkari suggested that highways developed under this model are considered to be more resilient and adequately maintained. “The roads which are constructed under the EPC mode require maintenance quite early whereas under the BOT mode, roads are better constructed as the contractor knows that he will have to bear the cost of maintenance for the next 15-20 years,” Gadkari said.
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