India’s Ministry of Road Transport has cleared Rs300bn ($6.6bn) worth of new projects that are to be executed in the next two years.

In a move to improve the country’s infrastructure, the ministry also aims to build 30km of roads a day from 2016.

The proposed road projects will be primarily implemented in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, as well as the north-eastern region.

"The proposed road projects will be primarily implemented in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, as well as the north-eastern region."

In the north-eastern region, the ministry has approved projects in Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Tripura.

The ministry has also announced plans to build one-way roads in Himachal Pradesh, as well as a new road network for Uttarakhand, after it was hit by massive floods last year.

Earlier this week, road transport minister Nitin Gadkari reviewed nearly 250 road projects, which are worth approximately Rs600bn ($10bn).

According to Gadkari, these projects are stuck primarily due to issues such as land acquisition, in addition to environment and forest clearances.