NHAI awards 1,330 km highway projects in April-September

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said that despite challenges posed by Covid-19 pandemic, it awarded projects for building 1,330 km-long highways between April-September which is 60% up from the previous year.

National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), the nodal agency to build highways, awarded projects for a total cumulative length of 1,330 km in the current financial year with a total value of Rs 47,289 crore which includes the cost of civil work, land acquisition, and other pre-construction activities.

The projects awarded in the first half of the current financial year are 1.6 times higher of 828 km awarded in FY19-20 and 3.5 times higher of 373 km awarded in FY 18-19 during the same period, the ministry said a statement.