India, Jan. 11 -- A highway project in Andhra Pradesh has been certified as the longest continuous bituminous concrete paving in a 24-hour period by Guinness World Records, Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday.

The record - 28.95 lane-kilometres of bituminous concrete laid in a single day - was set on January 6 on the Vanavolu-Vankarakunta stretch of National Highway (NH) 544G. It is part of the Bengaluru-Kadapa-Vijayawada Economic Corridor.

The highway project has also been recognised for the maximum quantity of material placed within 24 hours - 10,675 tonnes - according to officials.

Officials said the paving was carried out under standard quality and monitoring procedures and was observed for compl...