 "Road, highways, projects, construction, infrastructure")
After having dropped to a five-year low in December, the pace of national highway construction increased from 20.17 kilometres (km) a day to 24.08 km.
Minister Nitin Gadkari informed Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that the ministry, through its implementing agencies, has constructed 8,045 km of national highways till February.
Prior to the release of this data, analysts had predicted the ministry to achieve 10,000-11,000 km of highway construction this year.
The ministry had initially targeted an annual construction rate of 40 km/day, or 14,600 km for the full year. This target was later revised to 12,000 kms. In comparison, the
