Rating agency Crisil expects construction of national highways would average 32-34 km per day, while project awards is estimated to be around 12,000-13,000 km in FY23.
At a daily average of 29 km, all executing agencies including National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) constructed 10,457 km highway last fiscal, mainly due to an extended and uneven monsoon and lower awarding of projects earlier. At an average of 36.5 km, per day construction was the highest in FY21.
