In FY22 (until October), the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways constructed national highways extending 4,450 kms compared with 4,956 kms in FY21 (until October).
INDIAN NATIONAL HIGHWAY MAP INSTALL
In FY21, 13,298 kms of highway was constructed across India.
Despite pandemic and lockdown, India has constructed 13,298 km of highways in FY21. Highway construction in India increased at 17.00% CAGR between FY16-FY21. In India, sale of automobiles and movement of freight by roads is growing at a rapid rate. Road transportation has gradually increased over the years with improvement in connectivity between cities, towns and villages in the country. This road network transports 64.5% of all goods in the country and 90% of India’s total passenger traffic uses road network to commute. India has the second-largest road network in the world, spanning a total of 5.89 million kilometres (kms).