Highway Construction in India: Despite the Covid crisis, there has been a massive development in the infra sector. During the Covid-19 restriction period, National Highways’ construction has seen a sharp rise, said Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari. In a recent tweet, the Union Minister said that in the financial year 2020-21, the construction of highways has paced to 36.5 km per day, which is the highest ever construction speed of National Highways in the country. According to the minister, a world record has also been created by India by constructing 2.5 kilometres 4 lane concrete road in just a duration of 24 hours and 26 kilometres single lane Bitumen road in just 21 hours time.
