According to the Economic Survey, “Against the target of awarding projects for a total length of about 9,800 km under various phases of National Highways Development Project (NHDP)
during 2009-10, projects have been awarded for a total length of about 1,285 km up to November 2009”.
Only 13 percent of road projects were awarded during this fiscal [...]

With Indian economy on the upswing despite bad conditions worldwide, government is initiating action to improve infrastructure to keep up with the projected economic growth for the decade.

Though it seems highly unlikely, India’s economy has a new antagonistic presence – that of the country’s throbbing veins – the road network. The plans to expand and strengthen the national highways have so far been over ambitious. Even today, as India strengthens its presence as an international trade entity, the internal trade suffers because [...]