A Review on Delay in Construction of Highway with a Case Study of the Samruddhi Highway

Abstract

India has the world’s second-largest road network with a total length just short of 6 million. But, the important fact is that more than 70% of the roads are Village Roads and merely 2% of the road length are highways. The present highway network needs a major upgrade in terms of width, pavement quality, design, and roadside amenities. Government is very conscious about connecting each and every part of the country by roads but the projects awarded are not getting completed in time. More than half of the infrastructure projects are experiencing cost overruns or time overruns. A recent highway project in Maharashtra for construction of the Maharashtra Samruddhi Highway is underway and the project is already been delayed by over two years.