PATNA, Feb. 4 -- The percentage share of road construction department (RCD) in the annual budget for 2026-27 has dipped by 0.02% vis-a-vis last fiscal year, even as overall allocation of the department's budget has been hiked to Rs.7,404.79 crore for the coming fiscal as compared to Rs.6,806 crore in the current fiscal. The expenditure included the spendings on new schemes and establishment and committed expenditure, which include payment of salary.

A section of the officials attributed the minor deviation in allocation to the schemes sanctioned in the past few years, which saw significant boost in construction of greenfield roads, mainly those of the expressways and national highways. "Construction of a number of road projects are going...