Roads and Bridges

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has reportedly set a project award target of 10,000 km for 2016-17. The MoRTH has reportedly already awarded projects worth Rs 1.8 trillion and is likely to […]

The MoRTH has inaugurated the 52.33 km Manesar-Palwal section of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway. The project had been languishing for several years. However, the central and the Haryana governments resolved the issues plaguing the project. Subsequently, […]

The Uttar Pradesh government is in the process of preparing a plan to auction tolling rights to meet funding requirements for under-construction and upcoming road projects. Currently, construction work on the Agra-Lucknow expressway is underway, […]

The MoRTH has announced the formation of an empowered group of state transport ministers to give advice on policy issues to make the transport sector more efficient and transparent. Several state road transport corporations incur […]

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a code of conduct for toll plaza operators. NHAI contractors/concessionaires are mandated to comply with the prescribed policy guidelines and standards. A uniform dress code has […]

The Maharashtra government has launched a road safety initiative to make the 95 km Mumbai-Pune expressway a zero-fatality corridor in the next five years. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has signed an MoU with […]

The MoRTH has launched a highway advisory system (HAS) on the Delhi-Jaipur section of NH-8, as a pilot project. HAS is a free-to-air information distribution system that uses the radio to make the travelling experience on […]

The central government has launched the Setu Bharatam programme for building bridges for safe and seamless travel on national highways. The programme aims to make all national highways free of railway level crossings by 2019. […]

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide the government with technical assistance for developing national highways in mountainous regions in Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. JICA has signed a technical cooperation agreement […]

NHAI has signed an MoU with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the North East Centre for Technology Application and Research (NECTAR) for the use of spatial […]

The MoRTH has reported the commencement of construction works on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway project. The construction work was earlier held up due to land acquisition issues. However, work has started on the Palwal side […]

The MoRTH has prepared a cabinet note on the Rs 2.6 trillion Bharat Mala project, which envisages the construction of 25,000 km of roads along India’s borders, coastal areas, ports, religious and tourist places as […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has reported a construction rate of 18 km of national highways per day and is aiming to increase this to 30 km per day by end-March 2016. […]

The CCEA has given its approval for the hybrid annuity model to be considered as one of the modes for implementing highway projects. The main objective of the approval is to revive highway projects by […]

In a major move to deter the plying of overloaded vehicles on highways, NHAI has decided to force them off the roads till the extra load is removed at the cost and risk of the […]

During 2015-16, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has so far awarded 43 projects covering a total length of 2,624 km. Of these, seven projects spanning a total length of 874 km have been […]

The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) has announced the introduction of an exclusive road construction agency for the Northeast, which would be known as North-East Road Sector Development Scheme (NERSDS). The agency […]

The central government has laid the foundation for the construction of the 74 km Delhi-Meerut Expressway project and the 22 km Dasna-Hapur section of National Highway (NH)-24. The project is estimated to cost Rs 75.66 […]

The MoRTH has decided to leapfrog from BS-IV to BS-VI emission norms directly by April 1, 2020. The central government has decided to skip BS-V emission norms altogether. The ministry will soon issue a notification in […]

The Committee on Revisiting and Revitalising the PPP Model of Infrastructure Development has submitted its report. The committee has suggested broad guidelines for the next generation of PPP contracts, while allocating and managing risks. As […]