India’s National Highways Network Expands To 146,342 Km With 10,660 Km Built In FY25

In a major expansion to its road infrastructure, India constructed 10,660 kilometers of National Highways in the financial year 2024-25.

The total length of National Highways in the country has now reached 146,342 kilometers, up from 91,287 kilometers in 2014.

In FY25, the average construction pace was 29 km per day, lower than 34 km per day in FY24 but higher than FY23's 28 km per day.

According to the government data, 10,660 km length of national highways were constructed in FY25, compared to 12,349 km in FY24 and 10,331 km in FY23.

Further, the length of Access controlled National High Speed Corridors (HSC) and Expressways has increased from 93 km in March 2014 to around 5,110 km at present, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

In a written reply to a separate question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the government has decided to focus on development of greenfield Access controlled HSCs and expressways for improving the logistics efficiency of the country.

"Accordingly, 26 Greenfield corridors in about 7,500 km length have been awarded and, additionally, about 600 km has already been approved. Out of this, about 4,800 km has been constructed so far. Total 2,636 km length has already been operationalized. The remaining sections are planned to be operationalized in phased manner in the next two years," Gadkari said.

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