₹7L cr to be spent on 50k km national highways
The government on Monday said that about ₹7 lakh crore would be spent to develop around 50,000 kilometres of national highways over the next five years. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that a gross budgetary support of ₹46,834 crore, including cess and toll remittance, for 2016-17 has been allocated for the Road, Transport and Highways Ministry.