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NHAI Sets Ambitious Target of 4600 Kilometers of Highway Construction for FY22

This project is anticipated to bring in a huge infrastructural upsurge and drive the demand for wires and cables.

May 12, 2021

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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has set an ambitious target to build new highways with a combined length of 4,600 km in FY22.

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Though the target for the current year appears to be a tall order, the NHAI believes that it could meet it with reliance on EPC projects and HAM projects. The authority has a robust stream of funds including budgetary outlays, borrowings, and the funds being realized through the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) route.

Despite the pandemic still ravaging the nation and its economy, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has set an ambitious target to build new highways with a combined length of 4,600 km in the current fiscal year. Last fiscal, NHAI constructed a record 4,192 km of highways, up from 3,979 km developed in 2019-20 and 3,380 km in 2018-19.

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Though the target for the current year appears to be a tall order, the NHAI believes that it could meet it with reliance on EPC projects and HAM projects. The authority has a robust stream of funds including budgetary outlays, borrowings, and the funds being realized through the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) route.