World Bank Signs $500 Million Project to Develop Green, Resilient and Safe Highways in India

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News: The Government of India and the World Bank has signed a $500 million Green National Highways Corridors Project.

Facts:

  • Objective: To demonstrate safe and green National Highway corridors in selected States and enhance the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in mainstreaming safety and green technologies.
  • States covered under the project: Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.
  • Key Features of the Green National Highways Corridor Project:
    • The project supports an in-depth analysis of gender-related issues in the transport sector along with help in creating jobs for women by training women-led micro enterprises and women collectives to implement green technologies in the highway corridors.
    • The project will also strengthen and widen existing structures; construct new pavements, drainage facilities and bypasses; improve junctions and introduce road safety features

 

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