Bharatmala Programme

Bharatmala is an umbrella programme launched by Ministry of Roads and Highways in 2015 for the highways sector that focuses on optimizing efficiency of freight and passenger movement across the country by bridging critical infrastructure gaps through effective interventions like:

• Development of Economic Corridors
• Inter Corridors and Feeder Routes
• National Corridor Efficiency Improvement
• Border and International connectivity roads
• Coastal and Port connectivity roads and Green-field expressways

Need

• Inadequacy in Optimization of National Highway network Road network due to resource constraints and lack of a national plan
• Lack of integrated planning in the connectivity of major corridors and ports with hinterland
• Presence of Congestion Points, with multiple ....