KOCHI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) may go slow on its projects in Kerala following the rising cost of land acquisition – the highest in the country – and the crippling shortage of funds plaguing the Central government-run road developer.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) had recently pulled up the Transport Ministry and the NHAI for undertaking ‘extensive and reckless expansion of roads’ coming under the National Highways. According to the reports, it was suggested that the NHAI give up constructing roads and become an asset management company instead.
