The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has entered the Guinness World Records for the longest continuously laid bituminous lane of 75 km in 105 hours and 33 minutes on the National Highway between Amravati and Akola districts in Maharashtra.
- Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on June 8 said the project was implemented by 720 workers, including a team of independent consultants, who worked day and night.
- The total length of the 75 km of single lane continuous bituminous concrete road is equivalent to 37.5 km of a two-lane paved shoulder road and the work started at 7.27 a.m. on June 3 and was completed at 5 p.m. on June 7.
- The previous Guinness World Record for the longest continuously laid bituminous was for building 25.275 km of road that was achieved in Doha, Qatar, in February 2019 and that task was completed in 10 days.
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