Highway construction may fall way below FY24 target

Highway construction may touch 10,000 km this current financial year, much lower than the targeted 13,800 km and mirroring levels reached in the past two years that were marked by a slowdown.

- Subhash Narayan

Data with the roads ministry shows just 3,567 km of highways have been completed in the first six months of FY24 indicating that the pace would have to be taken up to 50 km of construction per day to reach the target.

According to two people aware of the development, construction may have been slow in H1, but may pick up pace in the second half, as has been the case for past few years post monsoon.

"Whatever may be the case, the 13,800 km construction target looks difficult at this juncture," one of the two persons quoted earlier said.

Queries sent to the ministry remained unanswered at press time.