Roads and Bridges

The MoRTH has proposed an enhancement of the National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) powers by enabling the authority to approve projects with a construction cost of more than Rs 100 billion for ensuring speedy […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved Phase I of the Bharatmala programme. Under the programme, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) plans to start construction works worth Rs 8 trillion […]

The Maharashtra government has signed an MoU with the South Korean government for the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway project. As per the MoU, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited (MSRDCL) and the Korea Expressway Corporation will constitute […]

NHAI has launched two mobile applications, MyFASTag and FASTag Partner to replace the earlier method of purchasing and recharging FASTags. MyFASTag is a consumer application whereby a consumer can purchase or recharge FASTags, keep track […]

NHAI has created a new Highway Operations Division which will focus on all non-commercial highway operational activities for efficient network utilisation and the provision of hassle-free services. The new division will be headed by a […]

The MoRTH plans to implement a Value Engineering Programme for promoting new technologies, materials and equipment in highway projects executed under either the public-private partnership mode or the public funding mode. The objective is to reduce the […]

The MoRTH has started the process of listing the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and is currently awaiting approval from the Ministry of Finance for the same. Once listed, the ministry expects to get […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has adopted a multi-pronged approach to ensure and promote safety on roads. These include the use of road engineering measures to enhance safety, improve vehicle safety standards, […]

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has operationalised one dedicated FASTag lane at all toll plazas in the country which will allow FASTag-enabled vehicles to move through the lane without stopping to pay toll […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has developed a web portal to streamline and speed up the process of land acquisition which is a major roadblock in the implementation of national highway projects. […]

The MoRTH has inaugurated 12 national highway projects worth Rs 56.1 billion and launched 11 projects worth Rs 94.9 billion in Rajasthan. The inaugurated projects include a six-lane cable bridge across Chambal at Kota entailing […]

IL&FS Transportation Networks Limited (ITNL) has emerged as the lowest bidder for the construction, operations and maintenance (O&M) of the Zojila Pass tunnel project (National Highway [NH]-1D) on an engineering, procurement and construction basis. The company […]

The Odisha cabinet has approved the rural road maintenance policy aimed at better planning and execution with regard to maintenance of rural roads in the state. The objective of this policy is to prolong the […]

The Meghalaya cabinet has approved the state road maintenance policy, which will provide a mechanism for effective road maintenance and management. The policy will focus on creating road infrastructure across the state including the remotest […]

NHAI has granted in-principle approval for the construction of the Delhi-Panipat and Delhi-Alwar regional rapid transit system (RRTS) projects worth Rs 535 billion. The 111 km long Delhi-Sonepat-Panipat RRTS project is estimated to cost about […]

The central government is planning to extend the country’s existing national highway network of 115,000 km to 200,000 km. For this, the MoRTH has estimated a fund requirement of around Rs 7 trillion over the […]

The Central Board of Excise and Customs has hiked the GST rate for the construction sector to 18 per cent from the previous 12 per cent, but has removed the land value parameter from the […]

The Border Roads Organisation has inaugurated two new bridges over the Chandra river under the Manali-Sarchu-Leh Road Improvement Project on NH-3. These are the 70 metre Koksar Bridge I, built at a cost of Rs 80 […]

The central government has approved projects worth Rs 100 billion for the construction and upgradation of various roads under the Central Road Fund in Uttar Pradesh. The government has also approved the development of the 320 […]

The Public Investment Board (PIB) has given its approval for the ambitious Rs 10 trillion Bharatmala project, involving the development of around 51,000 km of road length comprising economic corridors, coastal roads and expressways, to […]