Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

Construction Cost of Roads

Posted On: 02 FEB 2022 3:43PM by PIB Delhi

There is provision of price adjustment in contract agreement of highway projects linked to WPI/other indices.
The contractor gets compensated as per provision of contract agreement for increase in prices of steel, cement
and other inputs.
Indian Road Congress and MoRT&H have issued guidelines for use of waste materials having cementitious
properties like flyash, ground granular blast furnish slag in concrete to reduce cement content in concrete.
MoRTH has issued detailed guidelines on 14.12.2020 to use new/ alternative materials and technologies in
construction of highways. Some of such materials/technologies also help in reducing steel and cement in road
construction. For example, use of ultra high performance fiber reinforced concrete has recently started on
National Highways Projects which considerably saves quantity of steel and cement.
This information was given by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a
written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

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(Release ID: 1794694)