The Economic Times

Road ministry awards 2257 km roads; constructs 4,989 km until December 31, 2025: Annual Report 2025-26

This reflects a considerable slowdown in the pace of awarding and construction of national highways in the country which could impact the targets set for 2025-26 when the full year data for FY26 is available. As per the report, the ministry has already utilized 83.39% or Rs 2.27 lakh crore of the total budgetary capital outlay of Rs 2.72 lakh crore for 2025-26 till December 31, 2025.