infrastructure: Cracks are reappearing in the road-construction business. Can Sadbhav Engineering steer past another rocky patch?

Around three decades ago, when work commenced on the controversial Sardar Sarovar dam project on the Narmada river, Sadbhav Engineering, one of the bidders, was a budding company with some experience in canal building looking to get a toehold in the big-construction business.The Ahmedabad-based company has come a long way to emerge as a formidable player in the road-construction space with a pan-India presence. It was one of the few companies to