Highway construction at decent 28 km/day in April, despite second Covid wave

Despite Covid-induced lockdowns and restrictions on mobility in a large part of the country, highway construction quadrupled in April this year to 853 km compared with the same month last year, which saw complete nationwide lockdown. The pace of construction has been a decent 28km/day in April 2021, even as it declined by 61% month-on-month.

According to data compiled by the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH), all implementing agencies including the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had constructed 210 km of national highways in April last year. In March 2021, a total of 2,189 km highway was built.