TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ Asserting that he is not a “trader of dreams” but a person with a track record of “actualising” them, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said India saw awards for building 16,800 kms of roads in the last fiscal which was a world record of sorts.
Claiming that giant steps are underway to overhaul the country’s infrastructure with a target for execution of works worth Rs 25 lakh crore in five years, Gadkari said projects worth Rs 6.5 lakh crore have already been awarded.
“I am not a trader of dreams rather I am a person with strong commitment who has a track record of actualising dreams which he shows.
“I am not a man of empty words and a record can be kept of the promises I make,” Road Transport, Shipping and Highways Minister Gadkari said in reply to a query at the India Today Editors Roundtable here.
The country saw awards for building 16,800 kms of roads in the last fiscal which was a “world record” of sorts, he added.
