Roads sector news

Views of L.P. Padhy: NHAI’s plans and targets for monetisation of road assets

December 29, 2017

At a recent conference on Operations, Maintenance and Tolling in the Road Sector organised by India Infrastructure, L.P. Padhy, Chief General Manager, Technical, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), spoke about the need for asset […]

Seamless Transport: Enhancing efficiency through e-tolling

December 28, 2017

Aimed at revolutionising the country’s tolling system, the pan-Indian deployment of electronic tolling (e-tolling) is expected to improve the operational efficiency of road assets, eventually leading to cost savings and a smoother traffic flow. At […]

Spotlight on Setu Bharatam: Facilitating seamless travel on national highways

December 27, 2017

Launched in March 2016, the Setu Bharatam programme aims to make all national highways free of railway level crossings by 2019. It involves the construction of 208 road overbridges (RoBs) and road underbridges (RuBs) across […]

Comfort Zone: NHAI initiates bids for development of wayside amenities

November 5, 2017

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) have often been in the news for their out-of-the-box ideas to enhance the commuter experience on national highways. One […]

A Good Fit: TOT model is the need of the hour

November 4, 2017

The road sector has gone through a phase of course correction with the evolution of a wide variety of implementation models. These models and their variants were introduced to cope with the financial and structural […]

Views of Sanjay Jaju: “Road construction in the Northeast faces region-specific issues”

September 28, 2017

At a recent conference on “Road Development in India” organised by India Infrastructure, Sanjay Jaju, director, administration and finance, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), spoke about the status of road development in […]

Reducing Distances: Cable-stayed bridge on Chambal river commissioned

September 27, 2017

The central government inaugurated the much-awaited six-lane cable-stayed Chambal bridge in Kota, Rajasthan, on August 29, 2017. The completion of the bridge, which had been under development for the past 12 years, concludes the work […]

Trends and Outlook: Stakeholder optimism revives sector growth

August 4, 2017

The past year has been a significant one for the road sector. The gradual shift from focusing only on project award to initiating measures for faster project turnaround was quite noticeable. The Ministry of Road […]

Recent Developments: Focus on regional connectivity

August 4, 2017

The year 2016-17 witnessed a revival in the government’s interest in the development of the aviation sector, and that too on a much larger scale than before. In April 2017, the central government flagged off […]

Views of Nitin Gadkari: “The PPP model is not capitalist in nature; it’s a socialist line of thought”

August 4, 2017

At the India PPP Summit 2017, Nitin Gadkari, union minister, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), shared his views on how the public-private partnership (PPP) model is instrumental in accelerating infrastructure development in the […]

Views of Leena Nandan: “There is a need for all stakeholders in the sector to introspect and identify the errors”

August 4, 2017

At a recent conference on “Road Development in India” organised by India Infrastructure, Leena Nandan, additional secretary and financial adviser, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) spoke about how the government has tried to […]

On the Lookout: Road developers await new opportunities in the sector

August 4, 2017

The road sector has witnessed a surge in activity in the past three years. National highway projects covering about 34,000 km were awarded between 2014-15 and 2016-17, almost double the length awarded in the preceding […]

The commissioning of the Dhola-Sadiya bridge (also known as the Bhupen Hazarika bridge) is a major step towards addressing the connectivity woes of the Northeast. Lauded as the country’s longest river bridge, it is also […]

Sustained Momentum: NHDP’s performance over the past two years

July 31, 2017

The implementation of the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) has finally started showing signs of recovery after a slowdown of almost three years. The initiatives taken by the central government have begun to show quantifiable […]

Key Statistics: Analysis of NHDP performance in 2015-16 and 2016-17

July 31, 2017

Recent Developments: Government focuses on holistic sector growth

July 4, 2017

After a series of hits and misses, activity in the road sector has finally started to pick up. The majority of projects that had been stuck have broken ground. This is the outcome of an […]

Financial Fillip: Generous allocations to road sector in 2017-18 state budgets

June 4, 2017

In recent years, states have been according high priority to the country’s infrastructure creation agenda which includes the development of an efficient, well-connected road network. Most of the states have reported double-digit growth in allocations […]

Inching Closer to Reality: JICA commits financing for Mumbai Trans Harbour Link

May 6, 2017

The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) is a long-pending dream of Mumbai’s citizens. The project has been stuck in limbo since 2004 due to a host of issues ranging from uncertainty over the implementation model […]