My target is to achieve 100 km per day of highway construction: Union minister Nitin Gadkari

NEW DELHI: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said infrastructure development is very important for the country and his target is to achieve the pace of 100 km per day in highway construction.

Addressing a virtual event organised by industry body CII, the road, transport and highways minister said delays and not taking decisions is a big problem in the country. “Infrastructure (development) is very important for the country…Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have made a world record of constructing 38 km of road in a day,” he said.