With a month from the close of the financial year, construction of national highways (NH) in the country in FY24 has been nearly 13 per cent higher than the last financial year at 9,088 kilometres (km), data by the ministry of road transport and highways shows. However, the government is likely to miss its target […]
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PM Modi launches development projects worth Rs 56,000 crore in Telangana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects related to power, rail and road sectors in Telangana worth more than Rs 56,000 crore. The PM’s official function here was attended by the State Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy among others. […]
Odisha’s Road to Renewal: From greenfield roads to six-lane highways, Gadkari paves the way for progress with marquee infrastructure projects
On Thursday, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for 28 national highways (NHs) projects worth Rs 6,600 crore in Odisha. Nitin Gadkari along with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw virtually inaugurated a 79km four-lane road between Baharagora and Singhara on NH-49, valued at Rs 1,203 crore, and […]
Uttarakhand Roadways: Nitin Gadkari unveils ambitious road projects in Uttarakhand, promises European standard infrastructure like Switzerland, Australia
Upping the development of European standard roads in the country, Union Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for several projects worth in Uttarakhand on Tuesday. The Union Minister along with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami dedicated 30 National Highway (NH) projects worth Rs 4,755 crore in Haridwar […]
L&T wins contract for Assam bridge, to boost link to textile hub Sualkuchi
The construction arm of Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) bagged a contract by the Assam government to build a 12.21 kilometres long bridge connecting Palashbari and Sualkuchi towns in the northeastern state, the Indian multinational conglomerate said on Tuesday. The contract was awarded by the Public Works Roads Department, Assam, to construct the ‘cable-stayed bridge’ […]
Govt explores ways to incorporate waste materials into highway construction
The Indian government is drafting a policy to integrate road construction with the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0. This would involve the incorporation of inert material from solid waste in the construction of embankments along national highways (NHs). The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, after the success of pilot projects, has formulated this draft policy […]
Northeast border infrastructure: Tripura’s 134 km road expansion plan to bolster regional and border connectivity
To bolster road connectivity in the northeast states and to improve border infrastructure, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the widening of 134km road in Tripura. The improvement & widening of two lanes with paved shoulder of road from Khowai to Harina in South […]
Road construction projects worth Rs 65,000 cr underway in Delhi: Gadkari
Work on projects worth Rs 65,000 crore is underway in Delhi and its nearby areas for the construction of roads, highways and expressways, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. Work on an expressway connecting Delhi’s Akshardham temple to Dehradun has started. Once it is completed, it will only take […]
Road awards by MoRTH to decline by 40-43% on-year to 7,000-7,500 km in FY2024, says ICRA
ICRA has revised its forecast of road awards by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in FY2024 to 7,000-7,500 km, a year-on-year decline of 40-43 per cent, (from its earlier estimate of 9,000-9,500 km). In 7M FY2024, ICRA said, road awards stood at 2,595 km, 48 per cent lower than 5,007 km awarded […]
Sreekaryam flyover: KMRL to hold talks with PWD, KIIFB to clear snag
With the government yet to take a call on accepting the higher bid amount quoted for the proposed flyover at Sreekaryam, the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL), the implementing agency, will hold talks with the public works department (PWD) and Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) to find a solution and move ahead with the […]
J Kumar Infraprojects bags construction order worth Rs 379 crore in Mumbai
J Kumar Infraprojects Ltd on Monday said that it has bagged a construction order worth Rs 378.7 crore. The project pertains to the construction of a flyover. “The company is in receipt of Letter of Acceptance…for the project…design and construction of the flyover (Missing Links) from Link Road, Andheri (West) to Poonam Nagar (JVLR) adjacent […]
Pradhan urges Gadkari to expand NHs from Raigarh to Talcher to 8 lanes
Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written to his cabinet colleague Nitin Gadkari, urging him to take steps to expand an economic corridor connecting two national highways between Chhattishgarh’s Raigarh and Odisha’s Talcher to eight lanes to facilitate industrialisation in the region. In a letter to Gadkari, the Union road transport and highways minister, Pradhan said the […]