Record addition of over 76 kms of national highways per day: Ministry

The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) on Sunday said that a record 534 km of national highways was constructed in one week, beginning January 8.

In a statement, the MoRTH said that it has “created a record by constructing 534 km of National Highways (NHs) in the last week commencing 8 January”.

“The Ministry has constructed 8,169 km of NHs from April 2020 to 15 January 2021 in the current financial year 2020-21, i.e. with a speed of about 28.16 km per day. During the same period in the last fiscal, 7,573 km roads were constructed, with a speed of 26.11 km per day,” it said.