Electronic toll collection on highways rebounded to March levels in June, and touched 75 per cent of February levels as economic activities across the country have started to pick up since the implementation of ‘unlock’, Crisil Research said. According to the agency, construction across national highways is also picking up, however, it is likely to […]
Category: Roads
PIL filed over Raighar-U’kote road work
A public interest litigation (PIL) case was filed in the Orissa High Court seeking vigilance inquiry into the Raighar-Umarkote road construction work on Friday. Some local denizens who stood the petitioners alleged that the road connecting Umarkote and Raighar was in a pathetic condition. The road work was implemented during 2014-2016 by contractors hired by […]
Master Plan of Bhagirathi ESZ OK’d to speed up Char Dham road project
With an aim to pave the way for a faster execution of the Char-Dham road project in the Himalayan region, the Union Environment Ministry on Friday approved the Zonal Master Plan (ZMP) of Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi covering an area of 4179.59 sq km. The ZMP is based on watershed approach and […]
Rs 1, 524 cr Gurugram-Pataudi-Rewari Highway foundation stone laid
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of four-lane highway which will be constructed from Gurugram to Rewari via Pataudi, at a cost of about Rs 1,524 crore. The construction work of this highway is scheduled to be completed by December 2022. This highway is a part of […]
Ganga Expressway to be completed by 2025
The 602-km Ganga expressway project, conceived over a decade ago during the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party regime and having faced myriad hurdles primarily due to environmental concerns, has got a new lease of life with the UP government setting the target for its completion in 2025. The expressway, said to be the second-largest expressway in […]
Gadkari lays foundation stone for 11 National Highway projects
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday inaugurated and laid foundation stone for 11 national highway projects worth Rs 20,027 crore in Haryana as part of the new economic corridor. In the new economic corridor, Rs 20,027 crore will be invested to ensure smooth connectivity from Haryana to other states, including Punjab, […]
Traffic advisory for Ashram Chowk
Delhi Police on Sunday has issued an advisory saying traffic will be diverted at Ashram Chowk in view of construction of an underpass to Mathura Road. Police said that the diversion will remain in force from 7 am to 10 pm till the completion of the work and the traffic management plan will affect the […]
NHAI to tie up with IITs for improving road infra ecosystem
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday said it will partner with institutes like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) for improving the road infrastructure ecosystem. The objective is to leverage the intellectual prudence of students and faculty towards improvement of the road infrastructure ecosystem of the country. “In its endeavour to provide […]
IRB Infra secures Rs 2,193 cr project in WB under Bharatmala
IRB Infrastructure on Friday said it has secured a Rs 2,193-crore highway project in West Bengal under the Bhartmala Pariyojna. The company said the project for widening of 63.83 km stretch on National Highways-19 is its first project in eastern India and marks its entry in the ninth state in the country. The section is […]
Govt sanctions `4.95 crore for road construction under MSSY
The Chhattisgarh government said on Thursday it has sanctioned Rs 4,95,58,000 for 49 works related to road construction under the Mukhyamantri Sugam Sadak Yojana (MSSY) to link all government offices in remote area with the main road. Under the programme, a total of 1,116 work worth Rs 200 crores will be carried out in 2020, […]
Rajnath reviews construction activities in border areas
Defence Minister Rajanth Singh on Tuesday directed the Border Roads Organsiation (BRO) that work on the strategic Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldi (DSDBO) road in Eastern Ladakh be fully completed by October this year. This was conveyed at a meeting to review the progress of construction activities in border areas with BRO Director General Lt General Harpal […]
Now, NHAI to undertake performance assessment, ranking of highways
In its effort to improve the quality of roads after blocking Chinese infrastructure firms, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, has decided to undertake performance assessment and ranking of the highways in the country. The assessment audit and ranking of the NH is aimed to take […]