Data from the first half of 2021 has revealed that NHAI has earned Rs 165 on every FASTag issued, as compared to Rs 179 earned a year ago, indicating a decline of 8 per cent. […]
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has started the process of bringing out yet another toll-operate-transfer (TOT) bundle, as part of its monetisation drive. It has appointed consulting firm Mazars for evaluating stretches for […]
NHAI’s total debt has increased from Rs 747.42 billion in March 2017 to Rs 3.07 trillion in March 2021. During 2020-21, NHAI paid Rs 188.4 billion as interest, while additional borrowings during the past one […]
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved a proposal for Rs 44.8 billion loan from the Punjab National Bank to purchase land for the 594 km Ganga Expressway project. Loan for the Rs 360 billion project […]
NHAI is considering recognising the farmers’ agitation at the Delhi-Haryana border as an “indirect political force majeure”. In case this happens, it will enable road toll collectors on one of the country’s busiest highways to […]
With the easing of lockdown in most states and the rise in traffic movement on the highways, toll collection in June 2021 increased to Rs 25.76 billion, 21 per cent higher than the Rs 21.25 […]
NHAI’s debt reached a new high of Rs 3.17 trillion at the end of fiscal year 2020-21, alongside a dip in its revenues. This debt figure is 27 per cent higher than the Rs 2.49 […]
NHAI has made the use of drones for monthly video recording of national highway projects mandatory during all stages of development, construction, and operation and maintenance (O&M). Contractors and concessionaires will carry out the drone […]
Officers and engineers of regional offices of the MoRTH, NHAI and National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited will be made responsible for non-compliance with quality control measures and specifications in the construction of road […]
The Ministry of Finance has announced that a new streamlined approval process for PPP projects and monetisation of core infrastructure assets will be formulated, which will help fast-track asset monetisation by central public sector enterprises. […]
In 2021-22, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) constructed 2,284 km of national highways as of June 2021, compared to 1,823 km in April-June 2020. The award figure for April-June 2021 stands at […]
To provide uninterrupted passage to tankers and containers carrying LMO across national highways, NHAI has exempted the user fee for such vehicles at toll plazas. Keeping in view the current unprecedented demand for medical oxygen […]
To improve road safety, all new national highways being developed under NHAI will have an advanced traffic management system (ATMS). The ATMS will include immediate location identification of areas where traffic bottlenecks occur due to […]
The MoRTH has set a target of road construction worth Rs 15 trillion over the next two years. The ministry is confident that it will achieve the target of 40 km per day of highway […]
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, NHAI has set an ambitious target to build new highways with a combined length of 4,600 km in the current fiscal year. In the previous fiscal, NHAI had […]
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has called upon major highway builders and private companies to look into floating an infrastructure finance fund or non-banking financial company to fund road projects. As per […]
The maiden infrastructure Investment trust (InvIT) promoted by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), through which it aims to raise Rs 51 billion, is likely to be launched by June 2021. However, the NHAI […]
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has raised around Rs 6.4 billion more than the base price for the fifth round of its toll-operate-transfer auctions. The authority received bids worth Rs 22.62 billion, against […]
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has released the ratings for 18,668 km of completed four/six-lane national highway stretches, covering 343 toll plazas. Each toll plaza has been judged based on three major […]
The MoRTH has begun real-time monitoring of toll plazas across the country to deal with traffic congestion at toll plazas/city roads/highways. To this end, it is using a central monitoring system along with an analytics […]
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