Highways construction touches record 37 km per day: Nitin Gadkari

Nitin Gadkari said the achievement was remarkable as it was achieved despite constraints posed by the Covid-19 pandemic

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the pace of highways construction in the country has touched a record 37 km per day in financial year 2020-21. He said the achievement was remarkable as it was achieved despite constraints posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The ministry of road transport and highways has constructed 13,394 km of highways in FY21. “Tremendous progress has been achieved in building national highways across the country... We have achieved a road building pace of 37 km of highways a day,” Gadkari said.

He said these “achievements are unprecedented and have no parallel in any other country in