Modi government creates new record! In the last week, Nitin Gadkari chaired Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has created a record by constructing National Highways of 534 kilometres, commencing 8 January 2021. In the current financial year 2020-21, the Road Transport and Highways Ministry has constructed 8,169 kilometres of National Highways from April 2020 to 15 January 2021, i.e. with a speed of around 28.16 kilometres per day. During the same period in the last financial year, a total of 7,573 kilometre roads were constructed, with a speed of 26.11 kilometres per day, according to details shared by the ministry.