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National Highways Building Surges To Record High Of 534 KM In January Second Week; 76 KM Of Highways Built Every Day
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. (Sushil Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
In a remarkable feat, the second week of January starting on 8 January witnessed national highway building across the country surge to a record hike of 534 kilometres, translating into whopping 76 kilometres a day, reports Times of India.
The overall national highway building between April 2020 to 15 January 2021 stands at 8,169 kilometres which is higher than 7,573 kilometres of national highways built in the same period in the previous financial year.
With the ongoing momentum, the Nitin Gadkari led Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is hopeful that it should be able to cross the target to constructing 11,000 kilometres of national highways by 31 March. This comes even as the first two months saw the construction come down to a grinding halt due to the lockdown restrictions.
Meanwhile, in a sign that the upswing in national highway building is likely to continue in the coming times, the overall awarding of new such projects has witnessed a surge of more than 200 per cent in the ongoing financial year, standing at 7,597 kilometres compared to 3,474 kilometres in the year-ago period.
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