Roads sector news

Getting On Track: UPEIDA finally awards all packages of Purvanchal Expressway

November 27, 2018

The Uttar Pradesh government is steadily moving towards accomplishing its aim of developing the largest expressway network in the country. The state already has to its credit two major expressway projects – the 165 km […]

Views of R.K. Pandey: “Bharatmala aims to optimise the efficiency of freight and passenger movement”

September 20, 2018

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. […]

Progress in the Northeast: Views of NHIDCL’s Satyabrata Sahu

September 3, 2018

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 […]

Sector Review: Course correction for a more promising future

August 21, 2018

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 […]

Views of Nitin Gadkari: “Our efforts are showing results”

August 20, 2018

The road sector has always been a high priority area for the government. While project implementation hit several roadblocks, it has picked up visibly in the past few years. In a written response to Indian […]

Views of A.K. Ghosh: “We have tried to change the paradigm with Bharatmala”

August 19, 2018

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 […]

Homage to Mr Vajpayee: Trillion-dollar National Highways Development Programme

August 18, 2018

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 […]

Key Statistics: Network size and growth

August 17, 2018

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 […]

Key Statistics: Performance of NHDP

August 16, 2018

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 […]

Steady Steps: Progress of road development in Uttar Pradesh

July 4, 2018

The Uttar Pradesh government has made continuous attempts to create robust road infrastructure through the introduction of a slew of initiatives. The state government has reworked its highway and road construction policy wherein newly constructed […]

Initiatives taken in the past four years have strengthened the pace of activity in the road sector and course correction measures have reformed the way projects are being implemented. Signs of improvement were quite conspicuous […]

Circumventing the Capital: Eastern Peripheral Expressway commissioned

June 29, 2018

With the commissioning of the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), India has completed its first green expressway. The much-awaited project was inaugurated on May 27, 2018, providing signal-free connectivity between Ghaziabad and Faridabad, and Gautam Budh […]

On Course: Sections of Vadodara-Mumbai expressway project awarded

April 29, 2018

Expressway development has been a focus area for the government ever since the launch of the National Highways Development Programme. While Phase VI of the programme envisaged the development of 1,000 km of expressways, on-ground […]

Iconic Structure: Asia’s longest bidirectional tunnel receives nod

March 5, 2018

After the opening of the landmark Chenani-Nashri tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir, the state has yet another iconic structure in the making – the Zojila tunnel – which has been proposed to surpass the former’s […]

Major Strides: NHDP reports quantum jump in award of road projects

March 3, 2018

The year 2017-18 has been a significant one for the road sector. While the period from 2014 to 2016 was utilised for the purpose of reform and course correction, 2017 witnessed consolidation and culmination of […]

Strong Support: ADB leads in multilateral investments

February 10, 2018

In recent years, the role of multilateral organisations in financing infrastructure projects in India has increased significantly and has assumed a position of great importance in assisting India’s growth. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has […]

Basket of Opportunities: Bharatmala opens up new investment avenues

January 29, 2018

Lauded as India’s largest highway construction project after the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP), the Bharatmala Pariyojana is a new umbrella programme for the highways sector focused on optimising the efficiency of freight and passenger […]

A Smooth Ride: ADB approves funding for KSHIP-III

January 28, 2018

Launched in 2001, the Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project (KSHIP) is an initiative of the Public Works Department of the Karnataka government for the improvement of the state’s road network. In the years leading up to the […]