Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will Wednesday lay foundation stone for three highway projects, entailing an investment of Rs 2,345 crore, in Odisha. The projects will ensure better connectivity of the mineral-rich Angul and Dhenkanal districts of Odisha with the rest of the state, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement Tuesday. Gadkari […]
Category: Roads
Roads
Interim Budget 2019: Road construction per day 60% less than targeted
The Central Government has never shied away from dwelling on its focus on highway development in the country, but the word ‘highways’ was mentioned only twice by the Finance Minister Piyush Goyal in his maiden budget speech. India is constructing 27 km of roads every day since 2017-18, which is way lower than the target […]
UP govt to build world’s largest 600 km Ganga Expressway for Rs 30,000 cr
Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday announced to build the world’s largest access controlled Ganga Expressway estimated to cost Rs 30,000 crore to link Prayagraj (Allahabad) with Western UP. The 600 km greenfield project was approved at the state cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath at Prayagraj, where the world’s largest congregation of faith […]
Gadkari to launch 7 road, river projects worth Rs 872 cr in Bihar on Wednesday
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for seven road and river projects in Bihar, entailing Rs 871.61 crore investment, on Wednesday. He will be accompanied by Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radhamohan Singh and others. Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources Gadkari will inaugurate […]
Govt spending of over Rs 20,000 cr to fix accident prone spots: Gadkari
The government is spending more than Rs 20,000 crore to rectify accident prone black spots on roads across the country in order to reduce fatalities in such incidents, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Friday. Speaking here at the launch of a research report by Nissan India and SaveLife Foundation, Gadkari said the first priority of […]
NHAI to raise Rs 10,000 cr via Bharatmala bonds in FY19, Parliament told
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to raise Rs 10,000 crore through Bharatmala Taxable Bonds in the ongoing financial year, Parliament was informed on Thursday. The government has approved raising of Rs 62,000 crore by NHAI in 2018-19. “A draft self prospectus (DSP)/offer document has been filed with the stock exchanges and SEBI […]
L&T’s construction arm bags orders worth Rs 23.57 bn in MP, Andhra Pradesh
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Thursday said its construction arm of has won orders worth Rs 23.57 billion in the domestic market. L&T’s water and effluent treatment and transportation infrastructure business has secured order worth Rs 12.81 billion from Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA), the engineering and construction major said in a regulatory filing. […]
In Odisha, PM Modi inaugurates projects worth Rs 14,523cr
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated developmental projects worth Rs 14,523 crore in Bhubaneswar on Monday under the Centre’s ‘Purvodaya’ vision. The investment is a continuation of the special focus on the state by the central government for rapid socio-economic development to unleash the true potential of Odisha and bring it at par with the most […]
5,759 km of national highways built till Nov this fiscal: Mandaviya
The Road Transport and Highways Ministry has built 5,759 km of national highways till November this financial year, amounting to 58 per cent of the target set for the ongoing fiscal, the Parliament was informed Thursday. The Ministry has set a target of construction of 10,000 km of National Highways in the current fiscal 2018-19. […]
PM Modi-chaired CCEA approves new 4-lane bridge across Ganga river in Bihar; how it will benefit people
Big boost for Bihar! Prime Minister Narendra Modi-chaired Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the construction of a 5.634 km long four-lane bridge across the Ganga river, just 38m on the upstream side of the existing MG Setu, along with approaches from km 0/0 to km 14/500 on National Highway 19 at Patna, […]
24 remote villages in Arunachal Pradesh to get a road at last
More than 4,000 people in 24 remote villages in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Siang district would get a proper road connectivity for the first time within a few months, an organisation which is spearheading the campaign for the construction of the road claimed Monday. The residents of 24 notified villages in remote Kangku circle of the […]
Delhi-Mumbai expressway on fast track: Haryana land acquisition completed; soon travel in just 12 hours!
The Delhi-Mumbai expressway project has now gained momentum as the acquisition of land in Haryana, altogether 80 km, has been completed. This means that the final construction work of the expressway is likely to start soon! According to a TOI report, the bidding process is currently on and the acquisition of land is ongoing in […]