Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said his target is to construct 60 kilometres of highways per day.
Gadkari further said good road infrastructure creates prosperity and employment.
“We are constructing 40 kilometers of highways per day, our target is to construct 60 kilometers of highways per day,” he said at an event organised by Entrepreneurs’ Organisation Gurugram Chapter.
While the pace of National Highway (NH) construction in the country had touched a record 37 kilometres per day in 2020-21, it had slowed to 28.64 kilometres a day in 2021-22 due to pandemic-related disruptions and a longer-than-usual monsoon in some parts of the country.
