At the heart of his criticism is the delay in decision making and a lack of monitoring. Some officials, however, blamed the delays on overambitious contractors.
Roads account for the second largest amount of bad loans.
The central government's highway award and construction target for the current fiscal is dominated by the Bharatmala scheme.
The road network will stretch from Gujarat to Mizoram.
The government on Wednesday favoured a levy of a minimum 6 per cent of the sale price of the vehicle as a lifetime tax by various states.
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