Thu, Nov 28, 2024
The government has collected Rs 1.44 lakh crore as toll tax at fee plazas presently operational under Public Private Partnerships (PPP) model on National Highways since December 2000, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
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Tue, Apr 30, 2024
The pace of National Highways construction in India during FY24 registered a healthy uptick of 20 per cent to 34 km/day. "CareEdge Ratings expects National Highways Construction to slow down from 12,350 km in FY24 to 11,100-11,500 km in FY25," it said.
Tue, Jul 04, 2023
The government intends to double the turnover of the automobile industry to Rs 15 lakh crore from Rs 7.5 lakh crore at present, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday.
Wed, Jul 27, 2022
The minister suggested that work should be decentralised and carried out in a time-bound manner by senior officials.
Thu, May 26, 2022
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways informed on Thursday that the road accident parameters registered a significant decline in the year 2020 compared to the year 2019
Tue, Aug 25, 2020
It's a big infrastructure gift for the people of Madhya Pradesh from Modi government!
Tue, Jul 14, 2020
Believe it or not but travel time from Chandigarh to Delhi Airport is all set to be reduced to half - from 4 hrs. to just 2 hrs.
Mon, Jul 13, 2020
With an aim to provide world-class National Highways (NH) network, NHAI has approached all IITs, NITs and reputed Engineering Colleges to collaborate and adopt nearby stretches of NH, on a voluntary basis, as part of Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR).
Mon, Jul 06, 2020
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is known for taking various measures and steps to improve roads for the convenience of the citizens of India.
Sun, Jul 05, 2020
In a big boost for for Jammu and Kashmir, the Modi government has approved an annual plan worth Rs 574.16 crore for national highway works in Jammu and Kashmir for 2020-21, an official spokesperson said on Saturday.
Wed, May 27, 2020
Close on the heels of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)'s statement that the onset of monsoon over Kerala will be delayed by four days, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has revealed its plans gearing up to keep National Highways in good condition.
Thu, Jul 18, 2019
Gadkari said the highest toll tax was collected from Uttar Pradesh amounting to Rs 1,525 crore in the financial year of 2018-19.
Fri, Jul 05, 2019
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for 2019-2020 in the national capital today. While addressing at the Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman said, “The comprehensive restructuring of National Highways Programme will be done, to ensure the creation of National Highways Grid of desirable capacity. Government envisions using rivers for cargo transport and it will also decongest roads and railways,” she added. “Railway infrastructure would need an investment of Rs 50 lakh crores between 2018 and 2030. PPP to be used to unleash faster development and the delivery of passenger freight services,” she further stated.
Thu, Feb 28, 2019
The project will have 3+3 lane service roads on either sides for about 29 km, 7.350 km of elevated section with two level crossings at four locations of Metro line, 18 new underpasses, and nine interchanges with improved junctions.
Fri, Feb 08, 2019
Highways projects under Bharatmala Pariyojana will be monitored regularly for timely completion, said road transport minister Nitin Gadkari.
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
Minister for Road Transport and Highways Gadkari will lay the foundation stone for "the development of a six-lane, access controlled corridor from Akshardham in east Delhi to the Eastern Peripheral Expressway junction on Baghpat Road on the 26th of January," the road ministry said in a statement.
Wed, Feb 14, 2018
In a bid to run faster trains on select high-speed corridors, Indian Railways is working on new plans which is likely come by April this year. The main idea behind this plan is to cut down on travel time of overnight journeys on short routes.
Tue, Jan 16, 2018
Under telecom development project for NER, 6,673 towers are to be set up to provide connectivity to 8,621 villages and along the National Highways at a cost of Rs 5,336 crore, said Union MoS for Telecommunications Jayant Sinha.
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
The government had last week extended the time period of use of invalid currency notes for making payment of public utility bills.
Thu, Nov 24, 2016
As per earlier announcement, today was the last day of the suspension of the fee collection.
Mon, May 02, 2016
Inceptors with breath analysers have been provided by his Ministry to states to check cases of violations of traffic rules including drunken driving.
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