Rating agencies expect NHAI to end FY19 with highest-ever execution record

On port connectivity, there has been gradual progress on both road and rail connectivity projects

In 2018, a couple of long-pending infrastructure city transport projects such as the Mumbai Coastal Road and Versova-Bandra Sea link were finally awarded. The focus of the Centre was largely on the road segment. Rating agencies expect National Highway Authority of India to end FY19 with a highest-ever execution record in the last one decade. The execution, however, is still expected to miss the expected target mark of 6,000 km. 

For the ports sector, capacity addition remained a work in progress. Recent Ministry of