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NHAI awards Rs 820 crore project in Rajasthan to PNC Infratech

The project will have 3 major bridges, 12 minor bridges, 1 Railway-over-bridge, 3 bypasses of a total length of 22 km

NHAI awards Rs 2,000 crore project in Punjab to Ashoka Concessions

It will improve connectivity and faster movement of traffic from industrial hub of Ludhiana to Chandigarh and other parts of North India

In infrastructure funding, repairs take a back seat

Little attention is being paid to keeping roads, bridges and flyovers in good shape

Ashoka Buildcon wins Rs 1,600 crore road project in Punjab from NHAI

The project is part of Rs 2,070-crore highways project in Punjab approved by the Cabinet in June under hybrid annuity mode

Regulatory issues, land acquisition delay 112 NHAI projects

Other reasons include non-availability of aggregates, poor performance of contractors, delay in statutory clearances, public agitations

NHAI eyes Rs 50,000 cr from bond sale; EPFO, LIC get on board

Authority has plans to raise at least Rs 50,000 crore in 2016-17 to meet its requirement of funds for highway projects

NHAI official says poor drain management cause for NH8 traffic jam

At present, there was no traffic jam, but warned about the poor drainage system

'We'll keep up project roll-out momentum'

Less than a year into his tenure as the chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), RAGHAV CHANDRA is looking forward to a real-time recovery in the highway sector. The NHAI has not only managed to set the ball rolling for fresh fund infusion into languishing projects, it sees big companies returning to the sector soon. In an interview with Megha Manchanda & Jyoti Mukul, Chandra says the spill off effect on other sectors like cement, bitumen and steel have started showing. Edited excerpts:

NHAI to bid out 30,000 km highway projects in three years: Chairman

Most of the expressways are designed as greenfield projects which will be access controlled

NHAI gets green nod for Rs 1,246-crore UP road upgradation project

Since 12,305 trees are likely to be affected due to six laning, the company has been asked to take adequate measures to build green belt

NHAI to use solid waste from Ghazipur in Delhi-Meerut expressway

This will be in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directions for use of waste in a productive way

NHAI awards Rs 2,640-crore road projects in Gujarat

256-kms long Bhavnagar to Somnath section of NH-8E (New NH-51) is an important link to connect religious and tourist places

Govt to build 1,000 km of expressways for Rs 16,680 crore

The main criterion for the selection of expressway corridors is traffic volume

NHAI to raise Rs 55,000 crore via bonds in FY17

The government has permitted borrowing of Rs 59,279 crore by NHAI during 2016-17