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he road transport and highways ministry has constructed 1,470 km of national highways in the current financial year so far, an increase of 73.5 per cent as compared to the year-ago period.

The ministry in a tweet said it had constructed 847 km of highway in the April-May 2021 period.
The ministry awarded national highway projects of 663 km till May-end, compared with 747 km in May 2020, it added.