Riding high on the sterling performance of transport minister Nitin Gadkari, highway construction and expansion in the country touched 10,800 km in 2018-19, which translates to nearly 30 km per day, making it the highest pace of road construction during the current regime. A comparative analysis of the recent data also shows that last year, ending March 31, highway construction was almost two-and-a-half times more than the total construction reported during 2013-14, said sources. The maximum length of highway construction reported from the highway minister’s home state, Maharashtra was approx 2,100 km during 2018-19. NHAI has reported construction and widening of 3,338 km during the last financial year, which is about 10% more than that of 2017-18. Almost all the four-laning of existing highways is being executed by the NHAI. In contrast, the previous regime saw maximum highway construction in 2012-13 when the government added and expanded 5,732 km of roads (at around 16km/day). Stats show that during five years of UPA-II a total of about 24,690 km were built or widened, while during the current NDA regime the total construction touched nearly 39,350 km, which is an increase of about 70%. While faster pace of highway construction may be encouraging for a government, but a major dip in the pace of award for future development is a cause of concern. In 2018-19, all agencies could bid for only 5,543 km, which is less than one-third of what was bid in 2017-18 when work for expansion and construction of 17,055 km of roads was awarded during 2017-18.
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09 April 2019
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