Roads and Bridges

The Rajya Sabha passed the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2019, on July 31, 2019. Amendments to the bill will aid improvements in road safety, enhance citizen facilitation with transport departments, and strengthen rural transport, public […]

NHAI has opened the second elevated section starting from Masuri under Phase III of the Delhi-Meerut expressway project. The 2.5 km Masuri elevated section has three lanes on each side of the elevated corridor, and […]

The government has decided to declare all lanes at toll plazas on national highways as FASTag lanes with effect from December 1, 2019. The electronic toll collection at FASTag lanes will ensure seamless traffic and […]

The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has offered a line of credit (LoC) worth Rs 1.25 trillion to NHAI to fund highway projects. The LoC is valid through 2024. The funds will be used to help […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is planning to generate additional funds from stations located along expressways by levying a commission on every litre of petrol or diesel sold. As part of the […]

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has signed an MoU with the NIIF. The fund is promoted by the Government of India to give a boost to the country’s infrastructure sectors. The MoU is […]

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has invited bids for nine stretches under the third round of toll-operate-transfer (TOT) auctions. Taken together, these stretches span a length of 566.27 km. Three of the stretches […]

Nitin Gadkari has taken charge as the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). Upon taking charge, Gadkari announced a roadmap for highway development. Under this, the MoRTH plans to take up highway development […]

NHAI has tweaked its strategy for implementation of projects under the Bharatmala Pariyojana. It has decided to consider only those projects which require minimal land acquisition while finalising highway contracts worth about Rs 3 trillion […]

Reportedly, NHAI has set an award target of 6,000 km for national highways during 2019-20. It has also set its highest-ever construction target of 4,500 km for 2019-20 and a per day construction target of […]

The public works department (PWD) of Delhi has proposed the construction of Phase IV of the Barapullah elevated road. Under this phase, the elevated road will be extended from INA Market to the Army Hospital […]

NHIDCL has extended the request for proposal (RfP) bid due date for selection of the engineering, procurement and construction  (EPC) contractor for the balance works of the Zojila pass tunnel project from April 8, 2019 […]

The Madras High Court has quashed land acquisition work for the eight-lane, 277.3 km, Chennai-Salem highway in Tamil Nadu. The Rs 100 billion project is being taken up under the Bharatmala Pariyojana. According to the […]

Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL) has signed an MoU with CSC e-Governance Services India Limited for the issuance of FASTags through common service centres (CSC). CSC e-Governance Services India Limited is a special purpose […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has reportedly formulated a new policy for resolving stalled highway projects, including the ones where proceedings have been initiated against the companies before the National Company Law […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has announced a new railway zone – the South Coast Railway zone – with Visakhapatnam as its headquarters. The new zone will comprise the existing Vijayawada, Guntur and Guntakal rail […]

The central government has granted ex-post facto approval to an MoU between India and Norway for undertaking non-intrusive geological surveys and investigations. The MoU entails collaboration between National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited and […]

The cabinet has approved the signing of an MoU between the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, Austria, for technological cooperation in road infrastructure. The […]

The six-lane, 57 km Jaipur ring road has been completed at a cost of Rs 12.17 billion. It connects Agra road on NH-11, Ajmer road on NH-8, Tonk road on NH-12 and Malpura road on […]

The MoRTH has laid foundation stones/inaugurated 80 national highway projects worth Rs 1.1 trillion in Uttar Pradesh. In addition, it has also inaugurated/laid foundation stones for road projects spanning 510 km in Moradabad, Meerut and […]