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Use of drones in farm sector can generate 50 lakh jobs: Nitin Gadkari

Gadkari said he has discussed with his two cabinet colleagues the need to draft a policy on using the drone technology in the farm sector

Green hydrogen is future, tap the huge opportunity: Gadkari tells farmers

The minister was speaking at the inauguration event of an exhibition organised by 'Agrovision'

Gadkari lays foundation of Highway projects worth Rs 9,119 crore in UP

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday laid the foundation stone of National Highway projects of 240 Km worth Rs 9,119 crore in Meerut and Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh

Nitin Gadkari dedicates 82-km Delhi-Meerut Expressway to public

The Expressway connects Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Meerut

Govt has directed carmakers to introduce flex-fuel engines: Gadkari

Gadkari also said the government is working to encourage the use of green and alternative fuels

116,000 accidents, about 48,000 deaths on national highways in 2020: Govt

A total of 116,496 road accidents occurred on national highways, including expressways, in 2020, causing 47,984 deaths, Parliament was informed

NHAI toll revenue to jump to Rs 1.40 trn in three years: Gadkari

The Road Transport and Highways Minister said that there is a huge opportunity for investors in India's infrastructure sector as the traffic density is rising every year

Gadkari lays stone, inaugurates road projects worth Rs 4,160 crore in UP

Gadkari emphasised on infrastructure development for employment generation and economic prosperity

Upset Dhirubhai, nixed Reliance tender for Mumbai-Pune expressway: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari urged investors to invest more in infrastructure projects for good returns.

No doubt about economic viability of road projects: Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday called upon investors to take up road projects as they offer "very high" internal rate of return, ensuring their economic viability. Assuring investors that their investments are safe, the road transport and highways minister said the possibility of any project getting stalled is nil now. "The internal rate of return in the road sector is very high and so there is no need to worry about their economic viability," Gadkari said while addressing a national conference on investment opportunities in highways, transport and logistics. Recalling his stint as the Public Works Department (PWD) minister in the first Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra in the early 1990s, he said even in those days money was never a problem to fund infrastructure as he could successfully raise funds and build the Mumbai-Pune Expressway with public money, which then went on to become a model for infrastructure financing. "When Reliance submitted the tender for the ...

Economic viability of infra projects high in India, says Gadkari

He was speaking at a national conference on investment opportunities in highways, transport and logistics

Gadkari to chair conference on investment opportunities in Mumbai today

Nitin Gadkari will chair National Conference on 'Investment Opportunities in Highways, Transport and Logistics' in Mumbai on Friday.

Private sector invests Rs 15,164 cr in roads till November this fiscal

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said private sector investment in road construction in 2020-21 and 2019-20 was Rs 12,475.53 crore and Rs 21,925.98 crore, respectively

Govt exploring public financing for road infra projects: Gadkari

The Road Transport and Highways minister said the country has set several world records in road construction despite Covid

Total length of national highways up at 140,937 km till Nov-end: Gadkari

The minister said 49 projects in about 4,970 km costing about Rs 113,000 crore are in various stages of progress and are targeted for completion by 2023-24

Conciliation committees should decide road infra cases in 3 months: Gadkari

Gadkari further said there is a need to reduce delay in the decision making process

Nearly 48,000 people died in accidents on national highways in 2020

A total of 47,984 people died due to road accidents on National Highways, including on expressways, during calendar year 2020, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said as many as 53,872 persons died due to road accidents on National Highways, including on expressways, in 2019. Gadkari said the major causes of accidents on the National Highways (NHs) are vehicle design and condition, road engineering, over-speeding, drunken driving/ consumption of alcohol & drug, driving on wrong side, jumping the red light, use of mobile phone, etc. He also said the ministry has issued guidelines for improving the road safety through road safety audits at all stages (design stage, construction stage and O&M stage) by engaging independent road safety experts. Replying to a separate question, Gadkari said during the oxygen crisis in March-April 2021, shortage of technically qualified trained drivers .

Plan to create value from waste, use green hydrogen, says Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that he envisions to "create value from waste" and is planning to use green hydrogen to run buses, trucks, and cars in Indian cities.

India saw 366,138 road accidents in 2020, causing 131,714 deaths: Gadkari

Gadkari said NHAI has identified 5,500 km, 7,300 km and 8,900 km length of National Highways (NHs) stretches for monetisation, respectively, in 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25

Development impossible without good roads, says Nitin Gadkari

He said a new national highway, to be constructed at a cost of Rs 40,000 crore, will link Surat in western state of Gujarat to South India