Last month, the government imposed a three-week lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, which also resulted in the ban of construction activity, along with shortage of labourers, construction workers that moved back to their villages Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday chaired a virtual meeting comprising 300 officials from the road ministry, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), and National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corp.
Ltd (NHIDCL) to assess the impact of the outbreak of covid-19 on road projects as well as the government’s strategy after the lockdown is lifted.