Road construction pace grew to 133 km per day in 2016-2017
In his Union Budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that the pace of road construction increased to 133 km per day in 2016-17 under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). This was against an average of 73 km per day in 2011-14. Further, ₹27,000 crore will be spent on PMGSY, Jaitley added. 