Roads and Bridges

The CCEA has approved the construction of a four-lane bridge (including approaches) over the Brahmaputra river between Dhubri on the north bank and Phulbari on the south bank on NH-127 B in the states of […]

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has cancelled the second round of the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) bidding process on account of a tepid response from investors. The central government had offered eight stretches of highways under this […]

IR has reduced the fares of Vande Bharat Express (Train-18) from Rs 1,850 to Rs 1,760 and from Rs 3,520 to Rs 3,310 for an air-conditioned chair car and executive class ticket, respectively, for a […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has laid the foundation stone of three national highway (NH) projects in Bikaner and inaugurated one project in Nagaur, Rajasthan. The first project for which the foundation […]

The MoRTH has laid the foundation stone for five national highway projects in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Together, these span a total length of 632 km and are estimated to cost Rs 71.95 billion. These projects […]

The central government has approved the construction of the six-lane, 155 km NH 709-B connecting west Uttar Pradesh to Delhi. The highway connecting Baghpat, Shyamli, Saharanpur, Geeta Colony and Khajuri Khas is estimated to cost Rs […]

The MoRTH has inaugurated the third bridge over the Mandovi river in Goa. The 5.1 km cable-stayed bridge is the country’s third longest cable-stayed bridge and has been constructed at a total cost of Rs […]

The Uttar Pradesh government has approved the construction of the Ganga Expressway, which will connect Meerut in western Uttar Pradesh to Prayagraj in the east. The Ganga Expressway will span across Meerut, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Budaun, […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is reportedly working towards a new policy for allowing firms to exit highway projects easily. This policy, likely to be called the build-operate-transfer (BOT) variable, will allow […]

NHAI is considering rebidding of the eight road stretches offered under the second round of the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model. This development comes on account of the fact that only three bids were received for the […]

The MoRTH has inaugurated/laid the foundation stone for six national highway projects worth Rs 53.79 billion in Rajasthan. The projects for which the foundation stone was laid include widening of the Dangiyavas-Keru-Nagaur section of the […]

The central government has approved the construction of a regional ring road (RRR) in Telangana. Further, NHAI has directed the state government to submit the detailed report on the RRR project and has also asked […]

NHAI has extended the bid submission date for the second tranche of toll-operate-transfer (TOT) projects from December 5, 2018 to December 19, 2018. It had earlier extended the last date for submission of bids from […]

The foundation stone for the Dera Baba Nanak-Kartarpur Sahib corridor was laid by the central government on November 26, 2018. The Indian side of the corridor starts from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district and […]

The central government has inaugurated the Western Peripheral Expressway. The 135 km expressway has been constructed at a cost of Rs 64 billion. Around 3,846 acres of land was acquired for the project at a […]

The MoRTH has inaugurated two national highway projects in Varanasi. The first project is the 16.55 km Phase I of the Varanasi Ring Road constructed at a cost of Rs 7.59 billion. Two road overbridges […]

The MoRTH has laid the foundation stone for four national highway projects worth Rs 18.65 billion in Karnataka. The first project involves the widening of the 48.2 km Banavara-Huliyar stretch of National Highway (NH)-234 to […]

The MoRTH has notified dual-fuel usage for agricultural and construction equipment vehicles. These include tractors, power tillers, construction equipment vehicles and combine harvesters which have originally been manufactured as dual-fuel with diesel as the primary fuel […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has mandated the sale of all new vehicles with pre-fitted high security registration plates (HSRPs), with effect from April 1, 2019. The MoRTH has notified amendments in the […]