The pace of national highway construction in the country stood at 20.78 kilometre a day during the first seven months of the current financial year, according to official data.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has put in place plans to maintain the pace of highway development and construct 12,500 km of highways in 2023-24.
“The (project) award figure is 2,595 km during this period as compared to 5,007 km during the period in previous year. The ministry has constructed 4,474 km of national highways up to October in 2023-24 as compared to 4,060 km constructed up to October in 2022-23,” MoRTH said in its monthly summary for the Cabinet for October 2023.
