'Hopeful of road projects worth ₹7L cr by FY19'
Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that the government is hopeful of completing road projects worth ₹7 lakh crore by the end of FY19, against the earlier set target of ₹5 lakh crore. He added that the country at present has 96,000 km of national highways, which the ministry wants to expand to 1,50,000 km over this period. 