New high-speed corridors to get boundary wall to prevent cattle menace

The Centre has prescribed a one-metre high wall along the outer edge of high-speed corridors to prevent “unauthorised access and entry of stray cattle” in its first-ever guidelines that standardise design and development of such national highways.

This is the first time the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has prescribed standardised technical and safety provisions for high speed corridors.

The guidelines will apply to all upcoming four to six-lane greenfield and brownfield high-speed access-controlled national highways.

The length of operational access-controlled high speed corridors is currently at 3,052 km.

Indian Railways too has fenced stretches to prevent cattle menace, including a metal barrier fencing along the 623-km Mumbai- Ahmedabad train route.