India records highest road construction speed on record with 36.5 km per day of highway construction in 2020-2021
Despite Covid-19-induced restrictions on the construction and logistics sectors, India recorded the highest national road construction speed on record in 2020-21 with a pace of 36.5 km per day .
Road Transport and Highways Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said India also set a world record by building a 2.5 km four-lane concrete road in just 24 hours and a road asphalted single lane 26 km in just 21 hours.
“To ensure the quality control of these projects, construction is carried out to the highest IRC standards and MoRTH specifications. A quality control zone has been set up to update policy guidelines as well as to review and issue guidelines for improving the quality system, ”Minister Nitin Gadkari said. noted in a tweet.
The Union government has put in place a series of measures to relieve the executioners of road projects who have suffered a severe blow due to the delays and restrictions induced by Covid.
Recently, in a written response to Rajya Sabha, Gadkari stated the release of a holdback proportional to the work already performed, an extension of the deadline for contractors, a direct payment to the approved subcontractor and a waiver of the penalty for delay in the presentation of the performance guarantee. Relief measures are planned for entrepreneurs in order to reduce delays and ease the financial situation.
