National highways construction pace in India slows to 29 km/day in FY25: Nitin Gadkari
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the pace of national highways (NHs) construction in India slowed to 29 km/day in the last fiscal (FY25). He said the pace of national highways construction stood at 34 km/day during 2023-24. The highest-ever pace was recorded in 2020-21, when it reached 37 km per day. The ministry had constructed 10,660 km length of national highways in 2024-25, 12,349 km length of national highways in 2023-24 and 10,331 km length of national highways in 2022-23.
The minister said all the NHs development projects, including development of access-controlled High Speed Corridors (HSC) / Expressways, are planned in line with PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP) Principles. He said the government has constructed 10,660 km of NHs during the last Financial Year 2024-25. He noted that projects in 26,425 km have been awarded under Bharatmala Pariyojana, out of which 20,770 km have been constructed so far, including 2,967 km constructed during FY 2024-25.
He further said that the government has decided to focus on the development of greenfield access-controlled HSCs / expressways for improving the logistics efficiency of the country. Accordingly, he said 26 greenfield corridors in about 7,500 km have been awarded and, additionally, about 600 km has already been approved. He said out of this, about 4,800 km has been constructed so far. Total 2,636 km length has already been operationalised and the remaining sections are planned to be operationalised in a phased manner in the next two years.
