Govt achieves road construction of 21.60 km per day despite COVID-19 disruption
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has completed the construction of 3951 km length of road during the first half of the current financial year. It has been successful in achieving construction pace of 21.60 km per day, despite facing a lot of challenges due to COVID-19 spread. The Ministry has set an ambitious target to construct 11,000 km of road network in the current fiscal year.

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