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Against Target Of 135 Schemes, Only 17 Cleared Since Jan Dipak Kumar Dash | TNN New Delhi: This could be an indicator of how the ambitious highway development programme has been a nonstarter in UPA-2. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded only 17 projects for 1,574 km since …
A whopping Rs 90 billion (Rs 9,000 crore) is locked in arbitration cases related to road projects in India, according to a new World Bank study released in Delhi today. Releasing its new report on Indian road construction industry, the Bank said that about 40 per cent projects in India …
To tide over delays in highway work on acquired stretches, the Government has decided that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will have to vest back all unused land to the original owner if highway building does not start in five years. Moreover, the land-owner will not have to …
The road transport and highways ministry is pitching for a $3-billion World Bank loan to convert 6,300 kilometer of single-lane national highways to two lane. There are a total of 19,000 km single-lane national highways in the country. Road transport minister Kamal Nath is expected to meet World Bank president …
New Delhi: The government, keen to kickstart the stalled road programme, has drawn up plans to unroll an ambitious network of expressways to boost connectivity across key states over next few years. While the ministry of road, transport and highways (MoRTH) has envisaged constructing 15,600 km of national expressways network …
The B K Chaturvedi committee appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to suggest measures to re-energise the roads sector has called for scrapping the controversial norm that limits the number of players that can be shortlisted for projects. And has recommended over-arching powers to the Ministry of Road Transport and …
The Prime Minister has constituted a new committee to suggest fast-track mechanisms for the resolution of inter-ministerial issues in road and highway projects that do not require the approval of the Cabinet Committee of Infrastructure. This is the outcome of the review, conducted by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, …
Mihir Mishra / New Delhi July 20, 2009, 0:08 IST Kamal NathThe leisurely evening walk that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) got used to in the past five years is set to take on the speed of a 100-metre sprint under a new coach. Less than two months …
To build 1,000 km of expressways at an estimated cost of Rs 16,680 crore. Kamal NathUnion Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath today said the government was considering setting up an authority for expressways on the pattern of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in order to give …
UNDER the much-hyped 100-days programme of the UPA government, the shipping ministry has proposed to award a contract for six port projects costing Rs 3,319 crore on a public private partnership (PPP) basis. It will seek the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
Ranchi, June 30: National highways passing through Maoist dominated corridors of Jharkhand are set to get a major facelift, courtesy a Rs 750-crore plan approved by the Union ministry of road transport and highways. The scheme will cover about 630km of dilapidated roads, which have recently been categorised as national …
Better road infrastructure in North-Eastern States, an all-weather highway link for Kashmir Valley and speedy clearance of projects are the top priorities for the Government in the first 100 days. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has earmarked these priority areas in its 100-day action plan sent to …
The construction of an alternative highway in land-locked Sikkim is expected to begin within the next six months, the State Government said today. Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Kamal Nath directed his officials yesterday to expeditiously start the ground work for construction of the alternative highway within the …
With a large number of road development projects facing a resource crunch as well as cost overrun and delay in completion in many cases, the Road Transport and Highways Ministry is seeking to double its budgetary allocation for smooth functioning. At the Transport Bhawan, Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal …
Mihir Mishra / New Delhi June 03, 2009, 1:15 IST As the new Union government takes its place in the saddle, the initial statements of intent by ministers have begun to create ripples. First up is Shipping Minister G K Vasan, who said upon taking charge that the United Progressive …
New Delhi: After failing to push award of road projects worth over Rs 55,000 crore in 2007-08, the ministry of road transport, highways and shipping seems to be working on getting its act together in the new term of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). According to sources, the ministry, in …
Komal Amit Gera / Chandigarh May 22, 2009, 1:39 IST In order to give impetus to investment in infrastructure projects in the wake of economic slowdown, the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and National Highways is exploring the possibility of increasing the allocation of funds three-fold through the state public …
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