The NH-53 Highway passes through mineral-rich regions of India and connects major cities of Kolkata, Raipur, Nagpur, Dhule and Surat.

On June 8, India’s Union Minister Nitin Gadkari revealed that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had set a new Guinness World Record by building 75 kilometres of bituminous concrete in a single lane on NH53 in 105 hours and 33 minutes.

The 75 km of single-lane continuous bituminous concrete road is comparable to 37.5 km of two-lane paved shoulder road, and the work began at 7:27 a.m. on June 3, 2022, and ended at 5 p.m. on June 7, 2022, he said.

According to the ministry, a bituminous mix of 36,634 MT was used, with 2,070 MT of bitumen.

He said that 720 people worked on the project, including a team of independent consultants who worked around the clock to complete it.