The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has constructed over 5,600 kilometres of National Highways against the target of 5 thousand 150 kilometres during the financial Year 2024-25.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in a statement today, said that the capital expenditure for the development of National Highway infrastructure reached an all-time high of over 2 lakh 50 thousand Crore rupees provisionally, against a target expenditure of 2 lakh 40 thousand Crore rupees.
The overall capital expenditure increased by around 21 percent as compared to the previous financial year, 2023-2024, and by around 45 percent as compared to financial year 2022-23. During financial Year 2024-25, NHAI leveraged three modes for monetization that included Toll Operate Transfer (TOT), Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) and Toll Securitisation.
