Indian Highways

Indian High Commission in London starts 'Home Away from Home' initiative

Apart from this, a welcome event on October 10, hosted by the Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami will also be organised at the Indian High Commission premises

India's highways infra to match US by 2024, work underway, says Gadkari

India's highways infrastructure will match that of the US by 2024 for which work in time bound 'mission mode' is on including construction of green expressways and rail over bridges, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said. He said cabinet nod to 'Bharatmala 2' is likely soon and once obtained it will meet the requirements of a robust infrastructure in the country. "I am confident that India's highways will be on par with that of the US by 2024. Work in a time bound mission mode is on to build a robust infrastructure including a network of green expressways across the length and breadth of India," Gadkari told PTI in an interview. The Road Transport and Highways Minister said in this year railway over bridges are being constructed at a cost of Rs 16,000 crore which will be increased to Rs 50,000 crore in five years. On the Kailash Mansarovar highway project via Pithoragarh, Gadkari said "Ninety three per cent work on Kailash Mansarovar project has been ...

IRB Infra up 4% as it emerges preferred bidder for Rs 2,132 cr BOT project

The company has fixed Wednesday, February 22, 2023 as the 'Record Date' for the purpose of determining the eligibility of shareholders for the purpose of sub-division /split in the ratio of 1:10.

Nitin Gadkari wants retail investors to pip institutions in NHAI InvIT

Next InvIT issuance will have higher reservation for retail investors, says MoRTH Secretary Upadhyaya

Highway construction slows down, one-fourth target achieved till September

The Covid-19 pandemic and an unusually long rainy season have kept the authorities from reaching the annual highway construction target of 12,000 km

Govt notifies logistics policy, infra ministries to devise plans in 6 mths

PM GatiShakti and will address logistics issues pertaining to infrastructure, processes, digital improvements, policies and regulatory reforms, and capacity building for better workforce

Nitin Gadkari invites US bizmen to invest in Indian highway projects

The minister recently announced that the NHAI InvIT will soon be open to retail investors, and will assure them a minimum return of 7-8 per cent.

World's deadliest roads in focus after Cyrus Mistry's fatal crash

Prior to the pandemic, there was one deadly road crash in India every four minutes, equal to 11% of all crash-related deaths globally

Firms preparing highway plan reports have to take govt training: Ministry

Nitin Gadkari recently blamed poor planning as a major reason for road accidents in country

National Highways Infra Trust to raise Rs 2,350 cr via bonds, bank loans

To fund acquisition of three projects from NHAI, with which it will sign a concession agreement for 20 years

'Won't tolerate builders' jugaadu attitude,' warns Road Transport Secretary

"This jugaadu attitude even in the biggest of concessionaires is causing (us) worry," he added

Manali-Leh highway partially reopened for traffic after more than 5 months

A notification by Deputy Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said that the traffic would be allowed on the Manali-Leh beyond Darcha towards Leh via Baralacha Pass every day till 1 p.m

Mumbai-Goa highway stretch in Raigad of poor quality, says expert

PN Padalikar, who was appointed in 2020 due to a case filed by advocate Ajay Upadhye in 2016, had inspected the 148-kilometre stretch from Palaspe to Poladpur on February 1 and 2 this year

Gadkari reviews construction work of all-weather Zojila, Z-Morh tunnels

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday reviewed the construction work of strategically important Zojila and Z-Morh tunnels on the Srinagar-Leh highway. Speaking to reporters at the Z-Morh tunnel site, Gadkari said his ministry is also building 20 tunnels of a total length of 32 km in Jammu and Kashmir and 11 tunnels of a total length of 20 km in Ladakh. The cost of building these 31 tunnels in Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will be around Rs 1.4 lakh crore, the road transport and highways minister said. The Union minister for road transport and highways also said all the projects undertaken by the BJP-led central government should be completed before the 2024 general elections. He said there will be no compromise on the quality of the construction. Gadkari also said that in the past two years, the Modi government has been able to do the same amount of work related to road projects in Jammu and Kashmir that earlier took 50 years. The Z-Morh tunnel between Gagangi

All efforts being made to complete Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: Gadkari

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said all efforts are being made to complete the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project expeditiously. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Gadkari said, out of total length of the project, 350 km has already been constructed and works for construction of 825 km is in progress. Gadkari said bids for remaining 163 kms length have been received/ invited and these balance works are likely to be awarded in the current financial year. "Out of the total length of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, 350 km has already been constructed and works for construction of 825 km is in progress," he said. The target date for completion of the complete corridor of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is January 2023. "In ongoing packages, there are certain slippages on account of the ongoing COVID pandemic. All efforts are being made to complete the project expeditiously," Gadkari noted. Replying to a separate question, he said at present, implementati

Highways construction touches record 37 km per day: Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the pace of highways construction in the country has touched a record 37 km per day in financial year 2020-21

Little known Megha Engineering beats the Goliaths of the infra space

Its revenues nearly quadrupled in five years to Rs 20,300 cr in FY19, while its net profit jumped 6x to about Rs 2,800 cr, making it India's largest construction and engineering firm after L&T

Toll collection on recovery path as Gadkari looks at higher share of PPP

The minister says as many as 80% projects can be done on PPP mode. Currently, half the national highway projects awarded by his ministry are on this basis

Lockdown: UP govt to boost industrial activity in less infected districts

No relaxation for 19 out of 75 districts; Expressway, road projects worth Rs 45,000 cr resume civil work

Infra stocks rally 19% as Cabinet approves measures to revive road sector

TOT is an asset monetisation model, where the government transfers the right to operate and maintain a highway to successful bidder for a period of 30 years.