‘We saved Rs 30,000 crore via conciliation, FASTag boosting toll receipts’: NHAI chairman Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
Despite the pandemic and resultant periods of lock-down, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) ended FY21 with all-time high highway construction and capital expenditure. Awards of new projects in the year was also at a three-year high. The authority is yet to fix the targets for the current fiscal, but these are expected to be ambitious too. NHAI chairman Sukhbir Singh Sandhu discusses the road map for the current year and ahead with Surya Sarathi Ray. Excerpts:
How has the financial year 2020-21 been for NHAI in terms of award of new highway projects, construction and capital outlay?
