No prior experience required now for up to 200 mtr road tunnel construction: Nitin Gadkari

​​Gadkari also said that the risk of traffic in addition to plus-minus 5 per cent traffic variation shall now be compensated by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Noting that the COVID-19 pandemic had caused a slowdown in India, the minister said, “But due to the supportive policies of the government across all sectors, India’s GDP in the first quarter of 2021-22 grew to a record high of 20.1 per cent”.