Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath has been a busy man ever since he set the target of 20 km of new inter-state roads every day and started reaching out to potential foreign investors.
He was with a delegation from Turkey, explaining the vast business opportunities that awaited infrastructure, realty, engineering and consultancy firms that wished to participate in India’s ambitious plan for highway development.
But having seen the bureaucracy’s lukewarm response in the past, one Turkish entrepreneur could not hold back his remarks: “Is 20 km a day actually the target for new roads, or is it the speed at which Indian agencies generally work?”
