Roads and Bridges

The central government has inaugurated Phase I of the Delhi-Meerut expressway. Package I of the 14-lane access-controlled expressway stretches from Nizamuddin bridge to the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. This 8.36 km stretch has been completed within 18 […]

The central government has laid the foundation stone for several road projects in Jammu & Kashmir. These are the Zojila tunnel, the Jammu Ring Road and the Srinagar Ring Road. The first project, to be […]

The CCEA has approved the construction of a six-lane, 9.9 km bridge across the Ganga river on NH-96 at Phaphamau, Allahabad. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 19.48 billion with   a construction period […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has set a target of awarding works for 20,000 km of national highways in 2018-19. This is about 25 per cent more than the 17,055 km awarded […]

The group of ministers (GoM) on transport constituted by the MoRTH has recommended a uniform structure of road tax for vehicles across states. The uniform tax structure will put a check on people registering their […]

The MoRTH is exploring an agreement with South Korea for the introduction of a highways information system in the country. This would be developed along the lines of the system run by the Express Highways […]

The MoRTH plans to monetise two more bundles of road projects and float bids for the same in May 2018. It plans to auction 18-20 highway projects in these two tranches and expects to raise […]

NHAI plans to venture into real estate development to leverage the sharp rise in land prices following the construction of expressways and national highways. It will direct state governments to acquire land parcels along with […]

According to the latest report by TRAI, independent drive tests conducted in Indore, Bhubaneswar, Mysore and Nagpur show that a number of telecom operators do not meet the parameters for radio quality in their 3G […]

NHAI plans to raise Rs 85 billion from the LIC and Rs 100 billion from the National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) to finance the Bharatmala programme. Further, NHAI also plans to raise Rs 50 billion […]

The MoRTH has approved 24 road rehabilitation programmes in Punjab, Nagaland, Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Of these, 12 projects are located in Nagaland; two each […]

The construction of the Eastern Peripheral Expressway is almost complete and is expected to commence commercial operations soon. This fully access-controlled expressway has entry and exit points through designated interchanges only. Toll will be collected […]

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) awarded 150 road projects spanning 7,400 km in 2017-18. The total estimated cost of the projects is Rs 1,220 billion. In comparison, the average length of road projects […]

A JV of Sydney-based infrastructure asset management company the Macquarie Group and Ashoka Buildcon Limited has secured the rights to manage 648 km of national highways under the first bundle bid out on a toll-operate-transfer […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has launched a mobile application and a toll-free emergency number for highway users. The Sukhad Yatra mobile application has been developed by the National Highways Authority of […]

In an effort to address issues at toll plazas, NHAI plans to launch a system of ranking toll plazas on the basis of cleanliness, staff behaviour and availability of ambulances, cranes, etc., in case of […]

NHAI is in the process of rolling out a pilot project for incident management in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Under the project, incident management contractors will be appointed at a state/regional office level for providing […]

Bangladesh, India and Nepal have agreed on the operating procedure for passenger vehicles in the subregion under the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) signed in June 2015, and will soon complete the internal approval […]

An MoU has been signed between India and Britain to improve public transport systems and passenger services. The MoU will help in information sharing in the areas of data analysis, the induction of electric vehicles, […]