Roads and Bridges

Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu was appointed chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on October 28, 2019. He is an IAS officer of the 1988 batch, Uttarakhand cadre, and has held important positions […]

NHAI has invited bids for Bundle IV under the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model, with a bid submission date of January 14, 2019. Besides, the authority has set an initial estimated concession value of Rs 41.7 billion for […]

Several road agencies under state governments have signed MoUs with NHAI to allow the use of FASTag to pay toll charges on state roads. These agencies include Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority Limited, the […]

Reportedly, NHAI is planning to prioritise land acquisition for projects that are set to be awarded over the next two-three years in order to fast-track the execution of economically viable road projects. The authority has […]

About 20 per cent of the construction work has been completed on the Mumbai-Nagpur Communication Expressway project. The project involves the construction of a 701 km communication expressway from Nagpur to Mumbai, passing through Ghoti, […]

The 22 km Dasna-Hapur section of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway (Package III) was inaugurated on September 30, 2019. Besides, the Ghazipur-Dasna section of the expressway (Package II) is expected to be completed in the next three […]

NHAI has identified projects worth Rs 300 billion to be implemented through the public-private partnership mode on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) (toll) basis. The road stretches, spanning 950 km across Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil […]

NHAI has further extended the request for proposal bid due date for nine road sections under the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) Bundle III from September 30, 2019 to October 30, 2019. Bids for the same were issued […]

Reportedly, the government is considering a plan to remove the bank guarantee clause from road contracts based on the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) mode to resume a number of stalled projects as part of […]

The 133.38 km Chennai Peripheral Road project has received coastal regulation zone clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government is fast-tracking the process of diversion of forest […]

The central government is planning to issue a set of guidelines for allocating road projects on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis to ensure a certain level of preparedness prior to awarding projects, as it seeks to […]

The central government has put on hold all new announcements as well as in-principle approvals already given to numerous state roads to be declared as national highways until a high-level interministerial panel approves a new […]

NHAI has opened the 10-lane 22.3 km Dasna-Hapur section (Phase III) of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway project. Phase III of the project was completed at an investment of Rs 10.57 billion. All the major structures, including […]

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has extended the due date for the submission of bids for Bundle III of the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model from September 11, 2019 to September 30, 2019. Bids for […]

The Rajya Sabha passed the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2019, on July 31, 2019. Amendments to the bill will aid improvements in road safety, enhance citizen facilitation with transport departments, and strengthen rural transport, public […]

NHAI has opened the second elevated section starting from Masuri under Phase III of the Delhi-Meerut expressway project. The 2.5 km Masuri elevated section has three lanes on each side of the elevated corridor, and […]

The government has decided to declare all lanes at toll plazas on national highways as FASTag lanes with effect from December 1, 2019. The electronic toll collection at FASTag lanes will ensure seamless traffic and […]

The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has offered a line of credit (LoC) worth Rs 1.25 trillion to NHAI to fund highway projects. The LoC is valid through 2024. The funds will be used to help […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is planning to generate additional funds from stations located along expressways by levying a commission on every litre of petrol or diesel sold. As part of the […]

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has signed an MoU with the NIIF. The fund is promoted by the Government of India to give a boost to the country’s infrastructure sectors. The MoU is […]