The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has invited bids for nine stretches under the third round of toll-operate-transfer (TOT) auctions. Taken together, these stretches span a length of 566.27 km. Three of the stretches […]
Nitin Gadkari has taken charge as the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). Upon taking charge, Gadkari announced a roadmap for highway development. Under this, the MoRTH plans to take up highway development […]
NHAI has tweaked its strategy for implementation of projects under the Bharatmala Pariyojana. It has decided to consider only those projects which require minimal land acquisition while finalising highway contracts worth about Rs 3 trillion […]
Reportedly, NHAI has set an award target of 6,000 km for national highways during 2019-20. It has also set its highest-ever construction target of 4,500 km for 2019-20 and a per day construction target of […]
The public works department (PWD) of Delhi has proposed the construction of Phase IV of the Barapullah elevated road. Under this phase, the elevated road will be extended from INA Market to the Army Hospital […]
NHIDCL has extended the request for proposal (RfP) bid due date for selection of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the balance works of the Zojila pass tunnel project from April 8, 2019 […]
The Madras High Court has quashed land acquisition work for the eight-lane, 277.3 km, Chennai-Salem highway in Tamil Nadu. The Rs 100 billion project is being taken up under the Bharatmala Pariyojana. According to the […]
Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL) has signed an MoU with CSC e-Governance Services India Limited for the issuance of FASTags through common service centres (CSC). CSC e-Governance Services India Limited is a special purpose […]
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has reportedly formulated a new policy for resolving stalled highway projects, including the ones where proceedings have been initiated against the companies before the National Company Law […]
The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has announced a new railway zone – the South Coast Railway zone – with Visakhapatnam as its headquarters. The new zone will comprise the existing Vijayawada, Guntur and Guntakal rail […]
The central government has granted ex-post facto approval to an MoU between India and Norway for undertaking non-intrusive geological surveys and investigations. The MoU entails collaboration between National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited and […]
The cabinet has approved the signing of an MoU between the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, Austria, for technological cooperation in road infrastructure. The […]
The six-lane, 57 km Jaipur ring road has been completed at a cost of Rs 12.17 billion. It connects Agra road on NH-11, Ajmer road on NH-8, Tonk road on NH-12 and Malpura road on […]
The MoRTH has laid foundation stones/inaugurated 80 national highway projects worth Rs 1.1 trillion in Uttar Pradesh. In addition, it has also inaugurated/laid foundation stones for road projects spanning 510 km in Moradabad, Meerut and […]
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 […]
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