- Thursday, February 27, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
THE National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has achieved a Guinness World Record of constructing the longest highway stretch of 75 kilometres between Amravati and Akola in the western state of Maharashtra in just 105 hours and 33 minutes.
The stretch of the newly laid road is part of National Highway 53 which runs from Odisha on the eastern coast to Gujarat on the western coast. The ket east-west corridor passes through a number of mineral-rich regiono of India and connects some key cities.
Eight hundred workers of the NHAI and 720 of a private company, including independent consultants, were engaged in the project to complete it in record time.
The work kicked off around 7 am local time on June 3 and got completed around 5 pm on June 7.
India’s road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted about the achievement on Wednesday (8), saying, “Proud Moment For The Entire Nation! Feel very happy to congratulate our exceptional Team @NHAI_Official, Consultants & Concessionaire, Rajpath Infracon Pvt Ltd & Jagdish Kadam, on achieving the Guinness World Record (@GWR) of laying 75 Km continuous Bituminous Concrete Road …in a single lane on NH-53 section between Amravati and Akola. I would specially thank our Engineers & Workers who toiled day & night to achieve this extraordinary feat. #PragatiKaHighway #GatiShakti @narendramodi @PMOIndia.”
Proud Moment For The Entire Nation!
Feel very happy to congratulate our exceptional Team @NHAI_Official, Consultants & Concessionaire, Rajpath Infracon Pvt Ltd & Jagdish Kadam, on achieving the Guinness World Record (@GWR) of laying 75 Km continuous Bituminous Concrete Road… pic.twitter.com/hP9SsgrQ57
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) June 8, 2022
The NHAI also celebrated the moment by tweeting, “A proud moment as India commemorates Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. NHAI achieves a Guinness World Record by constructing 75 km of continuous bituminous concrete in a single lane on NH 53 between Amrawati and Akola.” India is observing ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to commemorate 75 years of independence this year.
A proud moment as India commemorates Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. NHAI achieves a Guinness World Record by constructing 75 km of continuous bituminous concrete in a single lane on NH 53 between Amrawati and Akola.#ConnectingIndia#NHAI#BuildingANation#ArteriesofNewIndia pic.twitter.com/Ho1BI7IsmF
— NHAI (@NHAI_Official) June 8, 2022
Veteran journalist Rajdeep Sardesai retweeted Gadkari’s post to congratulate the minister and the NHAI team over the accomplishment but added that while highway road construction in India takes place fast, the same is not true about the pothole-filled roads in major metro cities.
He said, “Congrats to @nitin_gadkari and team @NHAI_Official on a Guinness record. Anyone who travels through India cannot but notice the amazing speed of highway road construction (if only we could say similar positive things about our pot hole filled roads in most major metros?!)”
Congrats to @nitin_gadkari and team @NHAI_Official on a Guinness record. Anyone who travels through India cannot but notice the amazing speed of highway road construction (if only we could say similar positive things about our pot hole filled roads in most major metros?!) https://t.co/lMDqwrlGmz
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) June 8, 2022
