The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has created a record by constructing 534 km national highways (NHs) in the week commencing 8 January 2021.
The Ministry has constructed 8,169 km NHs from April 2020 to 15 January 2021, i.e. with a speed of about 28.16 km per day. During the same period in FY20, as much as 7,573 km roads were constructed, with a speed of 26.11 km per day.
The Ministry is hopeful that it would be able to cross construction target of 11,000 km by 31 March 2021.
The Ministry also awarded NH projects of 7,597 km from April 2020 to 15 January 2021. In FY20, projects of 3,474 km were awarded during the same period. Thus, the pace of award has also more than doubled in FY21.
In total, projects of 8,948 km roads were awarded in FY20, while 10,237 km roads were constructed.