Highway construction declines 6.6% on year
Financial Express Hyderabad|December 11, 2024
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION IN the first eight months of this fiscal stood close to 4,900 km, which is 6.6% lower than 5,248 km in the same period last year.
Mukesh Jagota

However, the pace of building new roads is higher than what the ministry of road transport and highways had targeted for the whole year.

The government has set a provisional target of constructing 10,421 km of national highways this financial year, which is 15% lower than last year's achievement due to the prolonged election process delaying various state clearances.

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