Roads account for the second largest amount of bad loans.
At the heart of his criticism is the delay in decision making and a lack of monitoring. Some officials, however, blamed the delays on overambitious contractors.
The road network will stretch from Gujarat to Mizoram.
The government on Wednesday favoured a levy of a minimum 6 per cent of the sale price of the vehicle as a lifetime tax by various states.
The central government's highway award and construction target for the current fiscal is dominated by the Bharatmala scheme.
Mandakini pounces on Agastyamuni but pile-up created by cement mixer forces river to change course, leaving town mostly unharmed, says N Sundaresha Subramanian
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