The highways authority has named nine banks that will facilitate payments at the 247 toll stations where the ‘acquirer’ is Paytm Payments Bank, the entity that was barred from accepting deposits in a regulatory clampdown last month, people aware of the development said. Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, IDFC First Bank and […]
Category: Roads
Nitin Gadkari launches 28 NH projects worth Rs 6,600cr in Odisha
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for 28 national highway (NH) projects worth Rs 6,600 crore in Odisha. Though his visit to Odisha was cancelled at the last minute, Gadkari launched these projects virtually. Among the inaugurated projects were a 79km four-lane road between Baharagora and Singhara […]
Uttarakhand roads to be like those in US by end of 2024: Nitin Gadkari
DEHRADUN: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said the Centre is going to spend Rs 2 lakh crore on road infrastructure in Uttarakhand and its roads will be like those in the United States by the end of 2024. Gadkari was speaking on the occasion of inauguration of the national highway […]
India-Japan-Bangladesh brainstorm connectivity projects & value chains in Bay of Bengal
The fourth edition of the India-Japan Intellectual Conclave titled “North East India, Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal region in the Indo-Pacific: The Way Forward,” was organized by think tank Asian Confluence in collaboration with the Minister of External Affairs, India (MEA), Embassy of Japan in India, and North Eastern Council in the picturesque city […]
Distance from Delhi to Jaipur will be covered in two hours: Gadkari
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said electric bus will be started by laying electric cable on the Delhi-Mumbai Express National Highway and the distance from Delhi to Jaipur will be covered in two hours and its fare will be 30 per cent less than a diesel bus. Addressing the inauguration […]
PM GatiShakti: Five infra projects recommended for approval
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 […]
Road Ministry introduces provision of deemed approval in DPRs
The ministry of road transport and highways has introduced the provision of deemed approval in the request for proposal documents for consultancy services for preparation of detailed project reports (DPRs) in respect for national highways and centrally sponsored road works issued by it. This will help in timely approval of various reports which is a […]
NITI Aayog prepares plan for economic transformation of 4 cities, including Mumbai, Varanasi
The NITI Aayog has prepared a plan for economic transformation of Mumbai, Surat, Varanasi and Vizag and help India become a developed economy by 2047, its CEO BVR Subrahmanyam said on Saturday. He also said the Aayog plans to prepare economic planning of 20-25 more cities, as they are the centre of economic activities. A […]
Govt okayed 43 projects in eco-sensitive zones in 5 years
New Delhi, The Centre granted environmental clearance to more than 80 per cent of the proposals for “projects and activities” in the eco-sensitive zones of the country in the last five years, Union minister Ashwini Choubey informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday. He also said the Standing Committee of National Board for Wild Life (SCNBWL) […]
Bengaluru-Mysuru highway set to introduce GPS-based no-toll-booth tolling system
Union Road Transport Minister, Nitin Gadkari, has announced the selection of the Bengaluru-Mysuru national highway for the implementation of a pilot project focused on a Global Positioning System (GPS)-based tolling system. In response to a question by BJP MP Lahar Singh Siroya, Gadkari has stated that the road transport ministry has appointed a consultant to […]
NHAI arm lens on Paytm for FASTags
NEW DELHI: The Indian Highways Management Company Ltd (IHMCL) is scrutinising responses from Paytm Payments Bank to determine whether it followed customer verification norms when issuing FASTags and decide any potential action against it, people in know of the developments told ET. IHMCL, which operates under the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), had in […]
All roads in unauthorised colonies will be made concrete before Assembly elections: Arvind Kejriwal
Before the upcoming Assembly elections, all roads in every unauthorised colony in Delhi will be made concrete, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. He was addressing an event for the foundation-laying ceremony of two new government school buildings in the Kirari Assembly constituency. The chief minister stated that the people in unauthorised colonies have […]