Revolutionising Indian highway projects: Unleashing the power of data integration with cutting-edge data lake

Indian highway projects grapple with multifaceted delays, from contractual hurdles to legal complexities. Addressing this, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) embraces a cloud-based Data Lake, ushering in a “Fully Digital” paradigm. This advanced tool, validated through a literature review and NHAI stakeholder interviews, forecasts and manages delays systematically. The study reveals NHAI’s adept integration of Data Lake technology across project phases, offering tangible solutions and underlining the transformative potential for data-driven decision-making in highway infrastructure projects. Recommendations advocate wider adoption, continual development, and prioritising education and research in delay management, heralding a new era of operational efficacy.