H1 highway construction just over a quarter of annual target

The pace of highway construction fell sharply in September with only 371 km of stretches completed during the month which is much lower than the average of 639 km a month in the April-August period.

At the end of the first half of this financial year, highway stretches of a total of 3,567 km have been completed, while for the full year, the target is 13,800 km.

In FY23, 3,559 km of highways were built in April-September and 10,331 km in the whole year.