By Arun Kumar Das
New Delhi, Jan 11 (BVI): Highlighting its engineering prowess and execution excellence, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), in a landmark achievement, has successfully created four Guinness World Records on the under-implementation Bengaluru–Kadapa–Vijayawada Economic Corridor of NH-544G.
One was the record for the longest continuous laying of bituminous concrete, covering 28.89 lane km or 3-lane wide 9.63 km long section within 24 hours, NHAI officials said.
The second record was created for continuous laying of the highest quantity of 10,655 metric tons bituminous concrete in 24 hours.
Both records were established for the first time globally under the six-lane National Highway project on the Bengaluru–Kadapa–Vijayawada Economic Corridor, the NHAI officials said.
Two Guinness World Records were created today.
These include the continuous laying of 57,500 metric tons of Bituminous Concrete and a record for continuous paving of 156 lane km or 3-lane wide 52 km long section, surpassing the previous world record of 84.4 lane km or 2-lane wide 42.2 km long section.
These record-setting feats were executed across Package-2 and Package-3 of the Bengaluru–Kadapa–Vijayawada Economic Corridor.
The 343 km long, access-controlled six-lane Bengaluru–Kadapa–Vijayawada Economic Corridor has been designed for safe, high-speed, and scenic travel experience.
It features 17 interchanges, 10 wayside amenities, 5.3 km long tunnel and a 21 km long section of the corridor passing through the forest area.
Once completed, the corridor will reduce travel distance by 100 km from current 635 km to 535 km and cut travel time by nearly four hours from the current twelve hours to around eight hours, the officials said.
The corridor will significantly enhance regional connectivity by linking Bengaluru with Vijayawada, strengthening access between the Rayalaseema region and the coastal and northern regions of Andhra Pradesh, as well as the Koparthy Industrial Node. (BVI)
