Carefully crafted policies unlock investments in infra:Gadkari

Carefully crafted policy interventions not only unlocked huge investments but saw record awards for building 15,948 km highways in 2016-17, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has told the Prime Minister.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Road Transport and Highways Minister Gadkari thanked him for "guidance and careful attention" for a turnaround of the highways sector.

Gadkari said performance in "2016-17 has surpassed all previous figures" with "issue of award letters, after completion of all pre-project formalities for 15,948 km, an increase of nearly 60 per cent".

The ministry was able to substantially enhance the pace of construction of National Highways during the last fiscal.

Against a total of 6,029 kms constructed during 2025-16, last fiscal saw an increase of 33 per cent with construction of 8,241 kms of National Highways, an official told

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