National Highway Authority of India
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| Abbreviation | NHAI |
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| Formation | 1988 |
| Type | Autonomous government agency |
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | Development and maintenance of National Highways |
| Headquarters | G 5&6 |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 28°35′01″N 77°03′28″E / 28.583689°N 77.057886°E |
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 India
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Chairman
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Yudhvir Singh Malik, IAS |
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Main organ
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Board of directors |
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Parent organisation
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| Website | www.nhai.gov.in |
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, responsible for management of a network of over 50,000 km of National Highways out of 1,15,000 km in India. It is a nodal agency of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. NHAI has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Space Research Organisation for satellite mapping of highways.. Yudhvir Singh Malik, IAS is the current Chairman, while Dr. Yogendra Narain, IAS was the first Chairman of NHAI.
The NHAI was created through the promulgation of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988. In February 1995, the Authority was formally made an autonomous body. It is responsible for the development, maintenance and management of National Highways, totaling over 92,851.05 km (57,694.97 mi) in length. The NHAI is also responsible of the toll collection on several highways.
The NHAI has the mandate to implement the National Highways Development Project (NHDP). The NHDP is under implementation in Phases.
NHAI helps in implementing Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North Eastern Region (SARDP-NE); a project to upgrade National Highways connecting state capitals to 2 lane or 4 lane in north eastern region.
The Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network connecting many of the major industrial, agricultural and cultural centres of India. A quadrilateral of sorts is formed by connecting Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai, and hence its name. The largest highway project in India and the fifth longest in the world was launched in 2001 by Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee and was completed in 2012. It is part of the first phase of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) and consisted of building 5,846 km (3,633 mi) four/six lane express highways at a cost of ₹600 billion (US$8.9 billion).
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