With the pandemic rearing its ugly head towards the finish of FY20, FY21 was anticipated to be a different forgettable year for the road sector. However, the actual figures have confounded one and all.
As considerably as ~13,300 km of National Highways have been constructed in FY21 compared with about 10,240 km in FY20, up about 30% y-o-y.
Similarly, project awards (NHAI + MoRTH) have been up 17% y-o-y to ~10,500 km.
The NHAI awarded/opened bids for projects worth ~Rs 1.4 trn and spanning ~4,800 km through the fiscal.