Guinness World Record: NHAI creates record for constructing longest bituminous lane of 75 kilometres

Guinness World Record: The state-owned National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Wednesday created a Guinness World Record for laying the longest continuously bituminous lane of 75 kilometres. The lane was built in 105 hours and 33 minutes on the national highway between Amravati and Akola districts in Maharashtra, as per PTI said.

Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, stated on Wednesday that the project was carried out by 720 people, including a team of independent consultants who worked day and night.

According to PTI, the 75 kilometres of single-lane continuous bituminous concrete road is equivalent to 37.5 kilometres of two-lane paved shoulder road, and the work began on June 3 at 7:27 a.m. and ended on June 7 at 5 p.m., according to a video message from the minister.

Gadkari said the previous Guinness World Record for the longest continuously built bituminous was set in February 2019 in Doha, Qatar, for constructing 25.275 kilometres of road in ten days.

The segment between Amravati and Akola is part of NH 53, an important east-west route that connects major towns such as Kolkata, Raipur, Nagpur, and Surat, said PTI.

This section, according to Gadkari, will play a significant role in alleviating traffic and freight movement on this route once completed.

He also congratulated all of the engineers, contractors, consultants, and workers from NHAI and Raj Path Infracon Pvt Ltd on the project's excellent execution, which aided in the achievement of this world record, PTI said.