How was MoRTH able to reach the target, and exceed it, despite a raging pandemic and resulting lockdown?MoRTH had initiated a slew of relief measures which helped it exceed the target, such as a shift from milestone-based billing, typically of 45-75 days, to monthly billing and release of retention money/performance security in proportion to the work executed, among others.
These also helped reduce the cash conversion cycle, while also getting performance guarantees and associated margin monies released for the executed portion of the projects.Also Read | Why Kerala may not swing this time round"Notwithstanding the high cost of re-mobilising labour, many road contractors made special arrangements to facilitate return of labour due to.