Roads and Bridges

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has granted approval for the implementation of the Imphal-Moreh road upgradation project (National Highway [NH]-39) at an estimated cost of Rs 16.3 billion. The project will improve connectivity […]

The MoRTH has undertaken a massive exercise of hosting digital details of land of over 0.64 million revenue villages across 668 districts, on a portal, “Bhoomiraashi” (compensation for land acquisition). This will be a one-point […]

The MoRTH has launched INAM-Pro+, an upgraded version of INAM-Pro, the web portal designed by NHIDCL, a common platform to bring cement buyers and sellers together. Over the past two years, more than 700 construction companies […]

The central government is planning to create two new entities – NHAI International and Express Highways – under NHAI, in the form of special purpose vehicles (SPVs) focused on international projects and expressways. These entities will be […]

The central government has set an ambitious target of awarding highway contracts worth Rs 5 trillion and totalling about 50,000 km, in the next two years. As per the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways […]

NHAI has issued a letter of award to the JV of APCO Infratech Limited and Chetak Enterprises Limited for the implementation of Package II of the Delhi-Meerut expressway project (NH-24). The bid project cost is […]

The MoRTH is likely to issue a note to the Public Investment Board to seek approval for the Bharat Mala road project soon. The project will be implemented at an estimated cost of Rs 10,000 billion […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has emphasised fast-tracking the award and construction of national highways projects. During 2016-17, projects spanning around 16,271 km of national highways were awarded and 8,231 km constructed. […]

A total of 34 MoUs amounting to close to Rs 2 trillion have been signed in the areas of port connectivity; for integrated checkposts in Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Manipur; access to […]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed all telecom operators to reverify their existing prepaid and post-paid subscribers through an Aadhaar-based electronic know your customer (e-KYC) process by February 6, 2018. This follows a Supreme […]

The central government has inaugurated the Chenani-Nashri tunnel project in Jammu & Kashmir. The tunnel is a part of the 286 km long four laning of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. The structure consists of a […]

The MoRTH and the Maharashtra government have signed an agreement to construct bridges on railway tracks, expected to be completed within three years, at an estimated cost of Rs 100 billion. Of the total expenditure, […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is working towards formulating an integrated, multimodal logistics and transport policy which aims at reducing logistics costs in the country by nearly half, making Indian products more competitive. […]

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has secured environmental clearance for the proposed Versova-Bandra Sea Link project. The MSRDC also plans to raise funds through domestic funding agencies and nationalised banks. The Rs 75 […]

The Jharkhand cabinet has approved 18 road projects worth Rs 17.5 billion across 11 districts in the state. These projects include the construction of a 16.42 km ring road in Hazaribag at an estimated cost […]

The design and alignment of the Amravati-Anantapur six-lane expressway project in Andhra Pradesh has been finalised. The 393.59 km long expressway will have four-lane and six-lane roads. The length of the four-lane section of the […]

As of March 3, 2017, a total of 347,200 electronic tags have been issued for fee collection on national highways. The National Payments Corporation of India has been engaged as the central clearing house (CCH) […]

The MoRTH has completed the construction of 6,604 km of national highways from April 2016 to February 2017. The target of construction of national highways during 2016-17 is 15,000 km. The slow speed of construction […]

The NITI Aayog has proposed to the PMO that its chief executive officer be inducted on NHAI’s board to fast-track clearances on highway projects, as the central government is struggling to meet the highways construction […]

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has received consent from project-affected persons (including farmers) and government authorities for around 40 per cent of the land required for the Mumbai-Nagpur Communication Expressway Project. The consent for 30 […]