Category: Roads

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam on February 3-4 to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development initiatives worth more than Rs 11,599 crore during a public programme in Guwahati, said the Assam government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Guwahati on February 3 evening. The Prime Minister will inaugurate and […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is aiming to create a national record by constructing 13,813 km of highways in the current financial year, its Secretary Anurag Jain said on Friday. Addressing reporters here, Jain said the ministry aims to eliminate less than two-lane national highways by 2027-28. The total length of less […]

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a 16.9 per cent increase (against revised estimates) in infrastructure spending to Rs 11.11 trillion for the financial year 2024-25 (FY25) in the Interim Budget on Thursday. This is 11.1 per cent higher than the Budget estimates for FY24, as the Centre is expected to fall short of its FY24 […]

India’s government will maintain increased funding to build roads near its China border after spending 30% more on them this fiscal year than planned, it said on Thursday, citing tension between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. The countries have been in a military standoff since July 2020 when at least 24 Indian and Chinese troops were […]

FASTag KYC online: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) earlier this month announced that FASTags with valid balances but with incomplete KYC will be deactivated by banks post-January 31, 2024. According to the official statement, “To enhance the efficiency of electronic toll collection system and provide seamless movement at toll plazas, NHAI has taken […]

“We want to showcase it and roll out and integrate and provide it free of cost to some of our neighbouring countries and eventually to other countries in the global south as a part of India’s commitment to the global south,” Singh said here at a function. Over 1,400 layers of data, including those related […]

Yedeshi Aurangabad Tollway Ltd (YATL), a special purpose vehicle of IRB Infrastructure Trust, has won an arbitration award of Rs 1,720 crore for a highway project, a statement said on Sunday. The YATL had initiated arbitration proceedings against the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) after the authority disputed the company’s claim for the extension […]

The 67.57-Km Ayodhya bypass project in Uttar Pradesh was planned and implemented under the PM GatiShakti initiative, the commerce and industry ministry said on Friday. It said that the project would facilitate uninterrupted freight flows and decongest Ayodhya. It “will cover key districts such as Lucknow, Basti, and Gonda. This project will facilitate improvement in […]

After road accident fatalities reached an all-time high in 2022, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is working to rectify all accident-prone blackspots in the country by May 2025, Highways Secretary Anurag Jain said on Wednesday. “At present, a total of 9,000 black spots have been identified. The concerned authorities have been asked […]

PWD minister Atishi has approved projects to strengthen and upgrade roads in west Delhi, an official statement said on Sunday. These roads include Rohtak Road’s (NH-10) service lanes from Metro pillar 109 to 273, Road No. 41, 77 and road from Paschim Puri Chowk to New Slum Quarters in Multan Nagar, it said. While approving […]

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has proposed sweeping reforms to its privatised highway construction model, Build Operate Transfer (BOT), to attract more interest from private developers. This includes major changes in clauses on termination and change in road traffic density. The proposed modifications also include various provisions to eliminate discrepancies such as the […]

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated 35 infrastructure projects constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), valued at Rs 670 crore, during an event at Joshimath-Malari Road in Uttarakhand on Friday. In his address, the defence minister emphasised the importance of connecting remote areas with the rest of the nation. Out of the 35 projects inaugurated, […]