Roads & Highways Summit 2018 - Players upbeat over an exemplary performance of highway sector

In the Roads and Highways Summit organized by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in New Delhi recently, players including equipment manufacturers, technology providers, contractors and project clearing and implementing agencies appeared upbeat over the burgeoning road building targets and adequate fund allocations to match the laid down targets. In its entirety, they were unanimous in applauding transport ministry for its efficient, speedy and sterling performance in handling the entire process starting from projects awards, delivery and implementations. In totality, highway building in India hit a record 10,000 km in the last fiscal as against 8,231 km in FY17 and 4,260 km (11 km/day) in FY14. On an average, 28 km of highways were constructed every day in FY18, while new contracts are being awarded for achieving targets of 46 km/day.

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