India has the second largest road network in the world with over 6.3 million kilometres of highways, expressways, elevated roads, bridges and rural roads connecting the urban centres and rural regions of the vast country. Roads play an important role in economic and social development of India since they are essential for smooth movement of goods, improved logistics and facilitating swift and hassle-free travel across the country. Government initiatives to develop newer and maintain existing road networks have increased drastically in the recent years. Mega road building projects like National Highways Development Project and Bharatmala Pariyojana seek to expand and upgrade the road infrastructure in India. Road construction companies are playing a crucial role in developing and maintaining the vast road network in India. Let’s have a look at the top 10 road construction companies in India for the year 2025.
1. Larsen & Toubro Construction
Larsen & Toubro Construction is the construction division of the multinational engineering, procurement, construction and manufacturing conglomerate, Larsen & Toubro, established in the year 1946. Road construction features prominently in the huge portfolio of construction services provided by the company. L&T Construction has built more than 13,500 lane kilometres of roads, including national and state highways, expressways, elevated corridors, bridges and rural roads. In addition, the company also builds racetracks and test tracks for high-speed motor sports.
L&T has completed multiple iconic road construction projects. These include Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway, Unnao-Lucknow Expressway, Chandigarh-Kharar Elevated Corridor and KMDA Flyover in Kolkata.
2. Tata Projects
Tata Projects, established in the year 1979 as a part of the Tata Group, is a leading engineering, procurement and construction company offering specialised services in executing large and complex infrastructure projects, including road and transportation infrastructure. The company undertakes mega road construction projects, such as highways, expressways and bridges. Transportation infrastructure segment of the company also builds inland waterways, ports, railway corridors and metro systems.
Tata Projects has a number of successful major road and other transportation infrastructure projects under its belt. These include Atal Setu in Mumbai, Peripheral Ring in Chennai, Dedicated Freight Corridor and Mumbai Underground Metro.
3. IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited
IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited, established in the year 1998, is a major road construction company in India which completes road projects in the build-operate-transfer or BOT model. The company has completed 26 highway projects across 12 Indian states and currently operates 15,500 lane kilometres with 72 toll plazas and 828 Fast Tag compliant lanes.
IRB Infrastructure Developers has a number of mega road projects to its credit, including Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway NE1, Pathankot-Mandi NH154 and Chittoor-Thachur NH 716-B.
4. Dilip Buildcon Limited
Dilip Buildcon Limited, founded in the year 1987, is among the most prominent engineering, procurement and construction companies in India. It provides specialised EPC services across multiple infrastructure verticals, such as roads and highways, railways, metros, special bridges, tunnels, airports, irrigation and more. The company has multiple road projects to its credit, including Vijayawada-Machilipatnam 4-lane NH65, four laning NH-233 in the Ghaghra Bridge-Varanasi section and Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg connecting Mumbai and Nagpur.
DBL is known for many of its innovative initiatives, such as drone monitoring to collect engineering data and monitor construction activities, GPS technology to track machine life and other parameters and re-using milled materials in road bases.
5. Afcons Infrastructure Limited
Afcons Infrastructure Limited, established in the year 1959, is a major construction and engineering company dealing in multiple infrastructure segments, such as surface transportation, urban infrastructure, oil and gas, hydro and underground and marine and industrial. The company has completed multiple surface transportation infrastructure projects like highways, expressways, flyovers, bridges, tunnels and railway infrastructure.
Afcons has multiple road construction projects to its credit. These include Jammu-Udhampur Highway, double-decker tunnel in Dubai and Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg Package-2.
6. Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited
Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, founded in the year 1978, has business interests in diversified sectors of construction and infrastructure development, such as transportation, mining, railways, electrical, irrigation and others. The company operates in multiple segments of transportation infrastructure, such as construction of highways and expressways, carriageway widening and strengthening, bypass construction, highway realignment and construction of flyovers and bridges.
Some of the major road construction projects undertaken by NCC Limited include Madurai Ring Road in Tamil Nadu, Package 3 Access Controlled Expressway between Etawah and Kannauj in UP and an elevated 2-lane flyover in Agartala.
7. HG Infra Engineering Limited
HG Infra Engineering Limited, founded in the year 2003, is a leading infrastructure development company with expertise in roads and highways, railways, metro and solar power infrastructure. It undertakes civil construction projects on a turnkey basis and hybrid annuity model, and provides comprehensive high quality EPC services.
HG Infra has completed a number of road construction projects. Some major ones are Rewari Bypass in Haryana and upgrading and 4-laning of Nandurbar-Khetia state highway in Maharashtra.
8. Hindustan Construction Company
Hindustan Construction Company, established in the year 1926, is proficient in multiple sectors of construction and infrastructure development, including transportation, hydropower, nuclear power, water treatment and industrial infrastructure. The company is involved in the construction of various types of transportation infrastructure, such as highways, expressways, elevated corridors, bridges, ports and more.
HCC has built over 4036 lane kilometres of highways and expressways and 403 kilometres of tunnels. Some of its major projects are Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Bandra-Worli Sea Link and Delhi-Faridabad Elevated Expressway.
9. Gayatri Projects Limited
Gayatri Projects Limited, established in the year 1963, is a major EPC company specialising in a host of infrastructure sectors, such as roads, irrigation and industrial. In the road construction sector, the company has completed 6842 lane kilometres with 3981 lane kilometres in progress. Some of its major projects include Purvanchal Expressway around Lucknow, 6-lane elevated corridor in Hyderabad and 4 national highways in Odisha.
10. G R Infraprojects Limited
G R Infraprojects Limited, founded in the year 1995, is among the leading players in the EPC industry for multiple infrastructure segments, including road construction. The company is proficient in the construction and development of state and national highways, bridges, flyovers, tunnels, rail over-bridges and airport runways. It has successfully undertaken over 100 road construction projects till date.
Conclusion
Leading road construction companies are increasingly adopting new technologies and practices to reduce project timelines, improve efficiency, reduce costs and enhance quality. They are the principal choices for government bodies like NHAI to award big-ticket road and other infrastructure projects.
