105 hours, 720 workers & a 75-km road - How NHAI created a Guinness Record

The Union Ministry of Road Transport on Wednesday said that it has created a Guinness World Record for the longest continuously laid bituminous lane of 75 kilometres in 105 hours and 33 minutes on the national highway between Amravati and Akola districts in Maharashtra.

Mentioning the achievement, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said, "Record has been made for laying 75 km of bituminous concrete in a single lane on NH 53 between Amrawati to Akola Districts in 105 hours and 33 minutes."

“The total length of the 75 km of single-lane continuous bituminous concrete road is equivalent to 37.5 km of two-lane paved shoulder road and the work started on 3rd June 2022 at 7:27 am and completed on 7th June 2022 at 5 pm," he added.

The feat was achieved by Rajpath Infracon Pvt Limited which has deployed around 800 employees and over 700 workers to build the stretch of national highways.

The previous Guinness World Record for the longest continuously laid bituminous was for building 25.275 kilometres of road that was achieved in Doha, Qatar in February 2019 and that task was completed in 10 days, Gadkari said tweeting the Guinness World Record certificate.

The Amravati to Akola section is part of NH 53 and this is an important east-east corridor which connects major cities like Kolkata, Raipur, Nagpur and Surat.

According to Gadkari, once completed, this stretch will play a major role in easing the movement of traffic and freight on this route.