NHAI to have new wings for global projects, e-ways: Nitin Gadkari

We have awarded 16,800 km of highway contracts till March, which is a record, says Gadkari

Nitin Gadkari, the Union minister of road transport and highways, and shipping, says he would like to speed up the pace of work in the government. So, while he talks to Megha Manchanda & Jyoti Mukul  for an interview, he keeps a meeting of officials going simultaneously. What he shares is a lunch and the news that his ministry is set to enter the Guinness Book of Records for awarding 16,800 km of projects in a year. Edited excerpts:

Has there been enough investment pick-up in the highways sector? What would be the focus?

This is a record in itself,