Highway projects hit the PPP roadblock.

India has had the largest road implementation programme in the public-private partnership (PPP) mode globally. But of all the projects undertaken till date, only 32 per cent of the awarded ones, accounting for 21 per cent of the total target length and 16 per cent of the total cost, are fully complete. The data exclude partially completed projects.

That said, 35 projects to develop 5,245 km of road are yet to get the appointed date. In effect, construction work is yet to start on 14 per cent of the projects and 24 per cent of the road length involved, according to data by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

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