BRO builds bridge to connect remote Punjab enclave with country

Entrusted with the crucial responsibility of building and maintaining strategic roads all over the country, the Border Road Organisation (BRO), despite the coronavirus pandemic, has managed to construct a permanent bridge in Punjab, thereby, providing the much needed relief to farmers in the region. The bridge is on river Ravi in border region of Gurdaspur […]

Need to convert COVID-19 into opportunity; restart highways construction

Turning ‘crisis into opportunity’, India needs renewed focus on infrastructure in the wake of the damage caused by COVID-19 and talks are on with state governments to re-start highway construction projects where migrant labourers can be gainfully employed, union minister Nitin Gadkari said. In a video-conference with PTI, the road transport, highways and MSME minister […]

Gadkari holds meet to assess corona impact on road projects

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday chaired a virtual meeting comprising 300 officials from the road ministry, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), and National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corp. Ltd (NHIDCL) to assess the impact of the outbreak of covid-19 on road projects as well as the Government’s strategy after the […]