India’s flagship highway development programme has recorded significant progress, with over 22,200 Km of roads constructed across the country as of February 2026, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has informed the Rajya Sabha.

Bharatmala Pariyojana was approved in 2017 with an overall target of 34,800 Km of highways with an estimated outlay of Rs 5.35 lakh crore, aimed at improving connectivity and reducing logistics costs nationwide.

Of this, projects covering 26,425 Km have been awarded, while 22,223 Km have already been constructed, marking significant physical progress under Phase-I.

The government has targeted the completion of the remaining around 4,200 km of highways under the programme by the end of FY27.

“Under the program, projects covering a total length of 26,425 km had been awarded and out of this, 22,223 km has already been constructed upto February 2026 with the balance length targeted for completion in Financial Year 2026-27,” Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on the current status of the Bharatmala Pariyojana.

The Bharatmala Pariyojana envisages development of about 26,000 km length of Economic Corridors, which along with Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) and North-South and East-West (NS-EW) Corridors are expected to carry majority of the Freight Traffic on roads.

Further, about 8,000 km of Inter Corridors and about 7,500 km of Feeder Routes have been identified for improving effectiveness of Economic Corridors, GQ and NS-EW Corridors.

The programme envisages development of Ring Roads or bypasses and elevated corridors to decongest the traffic passing through cities and enhance logistic efficiency; 28 cities have been identified for Ring Roads; 125 choke points and 66 congestion points have been identified for their improvements.

The initiative focuses on improving logistics efficiency and providing connectivity to tribal, aspirational and Left Wing Extremism-affected districts while substantially reducing travel time between key economic centres across India.