India achieves Guinness World Record for constructing 75 kms of longest piece of road in record time
"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," Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.
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NEW DELHI: India has achieved a Guinness World Record of constructing the longest piece of road 75 kms in a record time of 105 hours and 33 minutes on NH-53, Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways informed on Wednesday.
Taking to Twitter, Nitin Gadkari said, “NHAI successfully completed a Guinness World Record by constructing 75 Km continuous bituminous concrete in a single lane on the section of NH-53 between Amravati to Akola in a record time of 105 hours & 33 minutes.”
“This 75 Km single lane continuous Bituminous Concrete Road is equivalent to 37.5 Km of 2-Lane Paved shoulder road and the team of 800 @NHAI_Official employees…”
“…720 workers including a team of Independent Consultants were involved in the job that started on June 3, 2022, at 7:27 AM and was completed on June 7, 2022, at 5:00 pm.”
“The work was completed in a 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,” he said.
“Passing through the mineral-rich region of our country, the section connects major cities like Kolkata, Raipur, Nagpur, Akola, Dhule, Surat,” the Union Minister said.
This record was previously achieved by Public Works Authority – ASHGHAL (Qatar) on 27th February 2019. The road was part of the Al-Khor Expressway and it had taken 10 days to complete the task, he informed.
-India TV
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