MoRTH makes record by constructing 534-km of NHs in a week
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has made a record by constructing 534 km of National Highways (NHs) in the last week commencing 8 January. MoRTH said, "The Ministry has constructed 8,169 km of NHs from April 2020 to 15 January 2021 in the current financial year 2020-21, i.e., with a speed of about 28.16 km per day. During the same period in the last fiscal, 7,573 km roads were constructed, with a speed of 26.11 km per day." The pace of award has also more than doubled this fiscal. In total, projects of 8,948 km of roads were awarded in 2019-20 while 10,237 km of roads were constructed. The Ministry is hopeful that with this pace it should cross the construction target of 11,000 km by 31 March.
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18 January 2021
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