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MOSL: THEMATIC | ROADS- Time to speed up-Enablers in place-opportunity sizeable

​THEMATIC | ROADS: Time to speed up; Enablers in place; opportunity sizeable

  • For the last three years, the government has been ironing out issues hampering the Roads sector. It has cleared bottlenecks through suitable policy changes.
  • Predefined programs are now in place, entailing an investment of INR7t. Early signs of revival in the sector have been evident for some time now.
  • Players with strong balance sheet, execution track record, and robust asset portfolio would be the key beneficiaries. Our top picks are Sadbhav Engineering, Ashoka Buildcon and KNR Construction.

Multiple steps taken by government to revive sector

The Roads sector has been identified as one of the top-3 capex themes by the current NDA government. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) has taken multiple steps to revive the ailing sector over the last three years. We believe the framework required for the speedy award and execution of projects is in place. We expect activity to pick up, with the government addressing issues like:

  • Execution hurdles – awarding projects after 80% land acquisition under BoT and 90% land acquisition under EPC
  • Funding arrangement – cess trebled from INR2/liter to INR6/liter; market borrowing plans in place
  • Faster forest and environmental clearances
  • Change in project model to ease funding burden of cash-strapped developers
  • Exit policy for developers to help unlock equity from completed projects, making it potentially available for investment in new projects
  • Premium deferment scheme to ease cash flow issues faced by developers


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