Nitin Gadkari built the Mandla-Jabalpur highway on a 400-crore budget, but Madhya Pradesh residents were not pleased. As a result, he halted the project and apologized to the people.

But what about the 400 crores debacle? Because, in the end, Indian people's money was at stake.

Because the government raises revenue for government road construction through the use of government bonds, Cess, Surcharge, or toll fees.

The first way is the Toll Operate & Transfer model, which auctions off roads where tolls have been collected for at least two years.

The private business that wins the auction receives the proceeds from the road and toll booths for the next 30 years. However, the maintenance of these roads is also the duty of those corporations. The revenues raised from the auction of these roads are used to create more roads.

The second approach is to invest in NHAI infrastructure bonds, which offer an annual return of 8.5% with a minimum investment of 10,000 Rs.

These infrastructure bonds are similar to mutual funds in that the issuing corporation invests people's money in infrastructure projects such as roads, towers, power, and optic fiber.

Meanwhile, 90% of the dividend is handed to investors upon earning.

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