Bhubaneswar, Feb. 24 -- As India accelerates highway construction at an unprecedented pace, the focus is shifting from merely expanding road networks to ensuring global standards in quality, safety and durability. In a significant move toward this goal, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has launched a pilot project to monitor the quality of National Highway construction through Mobile Quality Control Vans (MQCVs), with Odisha among the four states selected for implementation.

The pilot project is currently operational in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka and Odisha. The initiative aims to ensure that highways are built not just faster, but with measurable quality benchmarks backed by scientific testing and real-time monitor...