Removing the roadblocks to building highways

<i>Business Standard</i> looks at how govt will revive investment in highways sector

Award of highway contracts picked up pace after land acquisition, environment hurdles were cleared, but investors’ interest in the sector may take time. In the third of a four-part series, Business Standard looks at how the government will revive investment in the highways sector even as contractors have their hands full.
 
Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari recently said the central government executed highway projects worth Rs 4.5 lakh crore since May 2014, but experts say the pace of awarding contracts in the coming year might slacken in a saturated market even though bottlenecks like land acquisition and environment