Highway construction at around 37 km a day, a record: Gadkari
Despite pandemic and lockdown, India has constructed 13,298 km of highways in 2020-21 financial year that ended in March.
Shy of 37 km per day (36.4 km) of average construction pace, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari called it a “world record” on Thursday. This is 29 per cent more highway stretches built than in the previous fiscal year.
Gadkari said the target would be even more in the coming years.
The amount of contracts awarded in the same period also saw similar growth as the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways through its various arms awarded 10,467 km worth of projects.
