NEW DELHI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to foreclose at least four major highway projects in Tamil Nadu as the contractors are unable to procure soil for earthwork and have been waiting for months to get statutory clearances.
The NHAI has also taken the decision to de-scope works in another half a dozen projects where it’s yet to get land from the state government agencies and also waiting for different clearances.
TOI has learnt that the road transport ministry has written to the state chief secretary stating its “constraint” to carry out the ongoing works on a dozen of crucial highway projects in the state which have been delayed.
“On the one hand, the state government is sending a number of proposals to the Centre for highway development while on the other it’s unable to provide necessary support for completing the ongoing works. The delays only result in the private contractors raising claims on the NHAI and arbitrations,” said an official, who did not wish to be named.
