Highway construction in the country stood at 4,766 km till November-end this year, against the target to build 12,200 km of stretches during 2022-2023, union minister of road, transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari told the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
The ministry said the pace of construction was slower in the first half of 2022-2023 due to intervening monsoon but it picked up in the second half.
Gadkari said that in April-November period of 2022-2023, around 2,038 km of 4/6/8 lanes national highways were constructed, which is higher than 1,806 km constructed in the year ago period.
