Day: February 12, 2024

Tunnel was non-operational last monsoon Notably, the entire project was non-operational for the general public last year during the monsoon season due to repeated water accumulation issues. According to the PWD’s notice, the project’s design and execution were under L&T’s control, and no government agency had any role in it. The latest notice follows after […]

After repeated criticism of project planning in several infrastructure projects, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Friday revised the framework of evaluating bids for project plans prepared by consultants for National Highway projects. Under the new framework, deficiencies in the work done by consultants will feature prominently in the bid evaluation process by […]

The road ministry has included the provision of “deemed approval” in the revised document for request for proposal, for timely approval of reports submitted by Detailed Project Report (DPR) consultants. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in a circular said timely approval of various reports submitted by consultants is considered a critical requirement […]

Five infrastructure projects of roads and railways have been recommended for approval under the PM GatiShakti initiative, the commerce and industry ministry said on Friday. These projects were assessed in the 65th Network Planning Group (NPG) meeting. “The NPG examined the projects from the perspective of integrated planning based on the PM GatiShakti principles. The […]

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will meet the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), among other stakeholders, next week to discuss the migration of customers and merchants from Paytm Payments Bank, The Economic Times (ET) reported on Friday. The report said that the meetings will be held […]