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Mountain Green Cover Index (MGCI)

Recently National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) signed a 3-year MoU with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) to develop & report a Green Cover Index for National highways. MGCI is a metric that measures the amount of green vegetation in mountain areas (forest, shrubs, trees, pasture land, crop land, etc.) in order to monitor progress towards the mountain target.

10 January, 2024 Roads

Golden Quadrilateral Corridor

The Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) is a highway network that connects India's 4 largest cities - Delhi(north), Mumbai(west), Kolkata(east), and Chennai (south). It is India's longest highway project and the 5th longest in the world that also passes through 13 states. It is managed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways. It is intended to establish faster transport networks between major cities and ports.

31 December, 2023 Roads

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