Summary
Racing against time to meet its rural road construction numbers ahead of the 2019 elections, the BJP-led government has stepped up the target for 2018-19 to an ambitious 61,000 km of road covering over 19,000 habitations.This is more than three times the target set by the government in 2014-15 when it came to power and the highest since then.Ensuring its rural road targets are met by March next year is politically and electorally crucial given the BJP faces a general election soon after, battling five years of anti-incumbency and hoping to encash its ‘pro-rural’ image.The target for the number of kilometers to be constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in 2014-15 ......