Road construction witnessed a near 60 per cent year-on-year jump in the first two months of financial year 2021-22 (FY22), despite restrictions being imposed in the wake of the second wave of Covid-19. Around 1,470 km of roads were constructed during the first two months of the current fiscal, as against 847 km in the corresponding period last year, according to official figures.

       However, these are provisional numbers as the state public works departments of Maharashtra and Goa are yet to provide data. This increase comes in the backdrop of a similar rise over the course of the previous ...