Highway project delays invite ₹2,732 crore penalty

A cumulative penalty of around ₹ 2.732 billion has been imposed on contractors or concessionaires for delay in implementation in the last three financial years, against which ₹ 780 billion has been recovered in the last three financial years, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said in response to a question in Lok Sabha.Also Read: Lok Sabha deadlock continues as Government and Opposition hold ground