Record 37 kms of NH being constructed per day, says Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the pace of highway construction in the country has touched a record 37 km per day in the financial year 2020-21 and assumed that perhaps India has created a world record in this regard during the pandemic time.

He said the achievement was remarkable as it was achieved despite constraints posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ministry of road transport and highways has constructed 13,394 km of highways in the fiscal year 2020-21.

“Tremendous progress has been achieved in building national highways across the country… We have achieved a road-building pace of 37 km of highways a day,” Gadkari said at an event at his residence to celebrate the feat on Thursday evening.