Category: Roads

Upping the development of European standard roads in the country, Union Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for several projects worth in Uttarakhand on Tuesday. The Union Minister along with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami dedicated 30 National Highway (NH) projects worth Rs 4,755 crore in Haridwar […]

The construction arm of Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) bagged a contract by the Assam government to build a 12.21 kilometres long bridge connecting Palashbari and Sualkuchi towns in the northeastern state, the Indian multinational conglomerate said on Tuesday. The contract was awarded by the Public Works Roads Department, Assam, to construct the ‘cable-stayed bridge’ […]

The Indian government is drafting a policy to integrate road construction with the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0. This would involve the incorporation of inert material from solid waste in the construction of embankments along national highways (NHs). The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, after the success of pilot projects, has formulated this draft policy […]

To bolster road connectivity in the northeast states and to improve border infrastructure, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the widening of 134km road in Tripura. The improvement & widening of two lanes with paved shoulder of road from Khowai to Harina in South […]

Work on projects worth Rs 65,000 crore is underway in Delhi and its nearby areas for the construction of roads, highways and expressways, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. Work on an expressway connecting Delhi’s Akshardham temple to Dehradun has started. Once it is completed, it will only take […]

ICRA has revised its forecast of road awards by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in FY2024 to 7,000-7,500 km, a year-on-year decline of 40-43 per cent, (from its earlier estimate of 9,000-9,500 km). In 7M FY2024, ICRA said, road awards stood at 2,595 km, 48 per cent lower than 5,007 km awarded […]

With the government yet to take a call on accepting the higher bid amount quoted for the proposed flyover at Sreekaryam, the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL), the implementing agency, will hold talks with the public works department (PWD) and Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) to find a solution and move ahead with the […]

J Kumar Infraprojects Ltd on Monday said that it has bagged a construction order worth Rs 378.7 crore. The project pertains to the construction of a flyover. “The company is in receipt of Letter of Acceptance…for the project…design and construction of the flyover (Missing Links) from Link Road, Andheri (West) to Poonam Nagar (JVLR) adjacent […]

Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written to his cabinet colleague Nitin Gadkari, urging him to take steps to expand an economic corridor connecting two national highways between Chhattishgarh’s Raigarh and Odisha’s Talcher to eight lanes to facilitate industrialisation in the region. In a letter to Gadkari, the Union road transport and highways minister, Pradhan said the […]

In a significant development, four infrastructure projects of roads and railways, with a combined value of Rs 23,500 crore, have been put forward for approval under the ambitious PM Gati Shakti initiative. These projects were subject to thorough evaluation during the 58th Network Planning Group (NPG) meeting held on October 17. The Ministry of Commerce […]

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is currently grappling with the challenge of creating detailed project reports (DPRs) due to a reluctance among concerned companies to embrace new technology, as stated by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday (October 17). Gadkari emphasised the government’s efforts to promote the adoption of new technologies for creating […]

A total of 324 roads in the city and suburbs are in bad shape, according to a citizen audit report released here on Tuesday. The report revealed that 192 roads in Chennai corporation and 132 roads in the suburban areas are in a battered condition. Of the 192 roads identified in Chennai, 132 roads need […]