
The ministry also approved new road projects worth ₹68,000 crore in four North Eastern states to make international standard surface connectivity. New projects worth ₹50,000 crore have been sanctioned for Assam, ₹9,000 crore for Meghalaya, ₹5,000 crore for Nagaland and ₹4,000 crore for Sikkim. Official target of highway construction has been kept at 12,000 km for the current fiscal and the ministry constructed 10,237 km in 2019-20, 13,327 kms in 2020-21, and 10,457 kms in 2021-22 respectively.