India's Highway Expansion Hits Roadblock: 2,789km Short of Target
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The Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari revealed that India has built 7,211km of national highways till February, falling short of its 10,000km target for the current financial year.
The average pace has dropped to 21.5km per day, down from 29.21km per day in 2024-25 and 33.83km per day in 2023-24.
Additionally, 660 under-construction National Highway projects have overshot their original completion timelines, with the highest number of delayed projects in Maharashtra (62), followed by Andhra Pradesh (50) and Uttar Pradesh (48).
However, the National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) Programme has shown a substantial improvement in traffic flow, with the average time taken by a vehicle to cross a toll plaza reduced to around 40 seconds, compared to 12.23 minutes under the earlier manual system.
