Roads & Bridges

Pavement sustainability has been accorded the utmost importance in recent times. However, the construction industry has faced a number of issues related to the adoption of new and innovative materials and techniques. At a recent […]

The roads and highways sector is a key priority area in the government’s infrastructure development agenda. The sector is witnessing increased pace of project award and completion. Moreover, the government’s flagship programme, Bharatmala, is expected […]

Land acquisition has been a perennial issue faced by road projects. It is considered to be the root cause for delays in project implementation. A number of steps have been taken to expedite the acquisition […]

The new government has once again lined up big plans for the road sector. Plans are in place to resume work on all the stalled highway projects within 100 days of coming to power. The […]

The past year saw developments across the entire maritime chain – ports, shipping, shipbuilding, coastal shipping and inland water transport (IWT). Progress was documented in project award and completion, the start of new construction works, […]

The road sector has shown significant progress during the past year. The government launched a number of crucial projects to remove pre-construction bottlenecks, facilitate digital transformation, increase transparency and expedite processes. The year also saw […]

With the uptick in road construction activity and increased support from the government, contractors seem to be upbeat about the sector. Issues such as faster dispute resolution, bank guarantees, timely clearances and shifting of utilities […]

It was about 20 years ago that the Rajasthan public works department (PWD) conceived the idea of developing a ring road for the city of Jaipur. The project broke ground in 2011 and in March […]

The year 2018-19 has been a mixed one for companies involved in road development. While those such as NCC Limited and Reliance Infrastructure Limited recorded sizeable profits, other large road construction players such as Ashoka […]

Expressway development has been a high priority area for the government for a number of years now. After coming to power the new government has yet again reiterated the need for creating a network of […]

Significant developments have taken place in the road sector over the past few years. The announcement of the ambitious Bharatmala programme marked an evolutionary journey in the sector from the development of arterial roads to […]

The past few years have seen increasing competition between the major and non-major ports as the port sector has been gradually moving away from a monopolistic market model to a competitive one. Of the total […]

Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors continue to face challenges that existed even a decade ago. Issues related to land acquisition, availability of skilled labour, biased bidding documents, lengthy procedures for dispute resolution, and price […]

Sensing the importance of a robust rural road network in ensuring economic growth, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), a centrally sponsored scheme, was launched on December 25, 2000. While the programme moved at […]