Roads & Bridges

In recent years, ring road construction has picked up pace with the launch and commissioning of several big-ticket projects across the country. Among various achievements was the commissioning of Phase I of the Varanasi Ring […]

While digitalisation has made inroads into several sectors, its adoption in the construction industry has been slow. This is despite the fact that the industry contributes 8-9 per cent to the country’s GDP. Currently, the […]

The road sector is witnessing an increased pace of project award and completion. The ambitious Bharatmala programme is expected to be a game changer for the highways sector. With several policies in place and a […]

With the inauguration of the much-awaited Signature Bridge on November 4, 2018, India completed its first asymmetric cable-stayed bridge. Since its conceptualisation in 2004, the project’s journey had been marred by several challenges, both administrative […]

The Bharatmala programme is being lauded as a game changer for the highways sector. The programme has the capability of revolutionising the way freight moves on Indian highways. The targets set are bold and ambitious. […]

National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) was incorporated by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in July 2014, with the mandate of constructing roads, bridges and tunnels in hilly areas and […]

There have been several twists and turns in the development of India’s road sector in the past 20 years. From being a purely government-dominated arena till 2005, the sector managed to attract substantial private participation […]

The Indian road sector is abuzz with activity. Government initiatives aimed at resolving pre-construction issues have started bearing fruit. At India Infrastructure’s recent ‘Road Development in India’ conference, Amit Kumar Ghosh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of […]

Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, our beloved former prime minister, changed the narrative of infrastructure development in India by envisioning a future, which had no correlation to the past or present. He dreamt about a connected […]

The total road network of the country has grown at a CAGR of about 4 per cent in the past 20 years. The share of national highways in the country’s total road network is about […]

The total length of national highways awarded under NHDP has grown at a CAGR of 17.61 per cent from 763.33 km in 2003-04 to 7,397 km in 2017-18. Further, PPP awards declined sharply from 2012-13 […]