719 National Highway projects facing delays, says Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

Road Transport and Highway Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said total 719 national highway (NH) projects are facing delays and in which 438 projects are likely to be completed in the current fiscal.

“The government is constantly monitoring sanctioned projects and as part of this exercise, 719 delayed National Highway projects have been identified across various states,” the Minister said in a written answer in Rajya Sabha.

Clarifying that these projects are not stalled, the Minister said they have gone beyond the scheduled date of completion due to reasons like above average monsoon rainfall in some states, COVID-19 pandemic, bottlenecks in land acquisition and financial crunch of the concessionaire.