Highway construction fell to a four-year low of 22.2 km per day during the April-January period of the current financial year, mainly because multiple cyclones and heavy rains affected construction in the southern states in recent months. India built highways at a pace of 30.4 km/day in the same period in the last financial year, despite the pandemic (see chart).
The sector was like the silver lining on the cloud in FY21, when most other economic activities were crippled.
