India has set a Guinness World Record after consultants for the National Highways Association of India (NHAI) built the longest continuous stretch of bituminous concrete road - a 75 km stretch between Maharashtra's Amravati and Aloka on National Highway 53. Work on the road began at 7.27am on June 3 and was completed at 5 pm on June 7, Gadkari said in a post on Twitter. "The work was completed in a record time of 105 hours and 33 minutes," the roadways minister said.
"Proud moment for the entire nation! Feel very happy to congratulate our exceptional team (at) NHAI, consultants and concessionaire Rajpath Infracon Pvt Ltd and Jagdish Kadam, on achieving the Guinness World Record (feat) of laying 75 km continuous bituminous concrete Road... in a single lane on a NH-53 section between Amravati and Akola," Gadkari tweeted.
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