Page 4 - Road Projects

FM hits the 'road' in New Year, announces Rs 19.63-trn worth projects

Centre and states will be equal contributors

Nagpur-Kamptee road project delayed by defence ministry objections: Gadkari

The minister said he has given these subjects to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for the past one-and-a-half months

Everyone says 'stop the work': Gadkari rues hurdles faced by road projects

Describing the process of acquiring land and environment clearance as the major hurdles, the Union road transport and highways minister said environment and development have to go together

Rs 30,000-crore road projects identified under built operate transfer

In sync with norms on hybrid-annuity and EPC contracts, NHAI has identified stretches of approximately 935 km across India, which will be constructed on built operate transfer (BOT) toll mode

States spending more on maintenance of old roads to get priority funds

This will ensure better maintenance of roads built under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

60% road projects do not have a major maintenance reserve, says ICRA

The lack or inadequacy of these funds also highlights financial stress in developing these road projects

High land acquisition cost major hurdle in road construction: Gadkari

Gadkari said some state governments are now coming forward to assure the ministry of easing land acquisition process and bearing its cost, which is helping in early implementation of projects

NHAI tweaks strategy for Rs 3 trillion projects under Bharatmala scheme

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the NHAI are ready with a list of projects that would be awarded as soon as the new govt takes office

NIIF, ROADIS to create a platform to invest $2 billion in road projects

ROADIS currently manages 1,892 kilometers of highways, divided among ten concessions in Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Portugal and India

NHAI and Maharashtra differ over accuracy in toll collection data

While the National Highways Authority asks for 95% accuracy in toll collection data, the state road development agency is content with 90%

RoadMin fixes Dec 19 as bid deadline for 2nd tranche of 8 road projects

The offer has 12 toll plazas across four highways

NBCC says will soon complete 1100 km road work in Odisha's Koraput

The road projects remained a non-starter for several years due to Maoist activities

Gadkari kicks off work on Rs 35.8 billion road projects in Madhya Pradesh

The minister said work on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway passing through Jaipur and the Bhopal-Indore Expressway and the Chambal Expressway will start soon.

Eye on 2019 elections: Nitin Gadkari sets stiff deadlines for road projects

The minister threatened to rescind remaining projects in states in which the older ones or those that are stuck are showing no signs of completing

Road sector revival: Projects being awarded at lower than reserve prices

Upswing in investors' interest in engineering-procurement-construction projects

Road sector revival: Projects being awarded at lower than reserve price

The Union road ministry had in January 2017 brought down the eligibility criteria required to bid for highway contracts; that is one reason for investors' interest in quoting below the reserve price

Border, Northeast push take ministry ahead of NHAI in road project awards

Number of road projects awarded suggests trend reversal

Centre announces road projects worth Rs 60,000 cr for Tamil Nadu

Work for Chennai-Bengaluru Expressway expected to begin next year-end

Cabinet may clear new model for road projects

Concessionaire period to be linked to traffic volume on highway under the model

Rs 2-lakh-crore road projects to take off in UP under Yogi Adityanath govt

Projects worth Rs 60,000 crore are already underway or completed