India, Sept. 19 -- Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh has said the road repair works have once again started and the Government plans to repair 600 kilometres of roads by December this year.

In the past few months, the road repair projects had stopped after the West Asia war affected the supply and pushed up the prices of bitumen, a petroleum byproduct used in road construction. But recently, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) approved cost escalation proposals for all the projects starting from April this year to November.

"Due to the war situation, the supply of bitumen was affected, and its prices also saw a significant increase. This led to delays in the work, but we have reissued the t...