Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said that 65,000 km of highways will be constructed across the country at a cost of over Rs 5,35,000 crore by 2022. The Bharatmala Pariyojana is an umbrella programme comprising 65,000 km of highways, out of which 24,800 km highways fall along economic corridors, inter corridors, feeder routes and border roads. All these highways, along with the 10,000 km residual National Highway Development Projects stretches have been envisaged for construction under Phase-I of the Pariyojana over a period of five years from 2017-18 to 2021-22 for which Rs 5,35,000 crore have been earmarked. Already, 137 road projects having an aggregate length of about 6,530 kms have been awarded and are in various stages of implementation.