In its 2019 Sankalp Patra (document of resolution), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised to build 60,000 km of National Highways, take rural road connectivity to 100 per cent, operationalise 100 new airports in the county, modernise 400 railway stations, and cover 50 cities with metro networks.

The party had made similar promises in its 2014 election manifesto and managed to build more national highways and rural roads that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, and much faster.

Under the Narendra Modi government, highways spanning nearly 35,000 km were built. The Manmohan Singh-led UPA-II government, in comparison, added nearly 24,000 km to the country’s national highway network in five years.

The speed of construction of national highways also increased to 20.5 km per day from around 13.5 km per day during the UPA-II era.