Digital Highways

In Gist:

National Highways Authority of India or NHAI is working towards the development of around 10,000 km of Digital Highways.
They are targeted to be completed before the financial year 2024-25 ends.
The National Highways Authority of India or NHAI is the nodal agency of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in India.
They are working to build 10,000 kilometers of Optic Fibre Cables (OFC) infrastructure across the country.
The National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML), a fully-owned special purpose vehicle (SPV) of NHAI.
It is through the portable network of “digital highways” developing integrated utility corridors along the national highways to develop OFC infrastructure.
Two Highways have been identified as pilot routes for digital highway development:
1. Delhi-Mumbai Expressway of around 1,367 kilometers
2. Hyderabad-Bangalore Corridor of around 512 km
The creation of Digital Highways will have a multifold positive impact on the digital transformation of our country