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New Delhi The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to create a bank of ready-to-award projects of 10,000 km of national highways. It has told the NHAI to identify stretches and prepare detailed project reports (DPRs) for them by the year-end. This will …
The government’s plan to fast track de-congestion of major cities is running in the slow lane for almost three years now. The Rs 16,600 crore plan, which seeks to de-congest cities witnessing increasing urbanisation by building ring roads, bypasses, grade separators, elevated roads, tunnels, under passes etc was cleared by …
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) hopes to exceed its annual target of 7,300 km road projects by 13 per cent to 9,000 km for the current financial year — almost double of what it had awarded last year. “In the first four months, we have already awarded over …
SHILLONG: The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has refuted recent claims made by Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma that land issues pertaining to the two mega road projects in the State have been resolved. An NHAI official dealing with the bye-pass project on Sunday said the State Government is …
Two recent bids opened by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) have revived an age-old debate — do bidders sometimes bid irrational amounts to win the contract? Typically, the winning bidder (often backed by NHAI) argues that it is a case of sour grapes. The argument is that if …
Upset with delays in the implementation of highway projects, the World Bank has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to look for alternative ways of awarding highway contracts to private companies. Till now, funding from the World Bank for the National Highway Development Project has been confined to …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written a letter to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways C.P Joshi urging for an early decision on handing over to the State Government the National Highways passing through Madhya Pradesh. The Chief Minister has written in his letter that a resolution has …
At a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today under passed a resolution to be sent to the Central Government urging it to hand over ten National Highways passing through Madhya Pradesh to the State Government. After these National Highways are handed over to Madhya Pradesh Government, …
GVK Power and Infrastructure would commence work on its 690 MW hydro-electric power project at Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir by December 2011, a company official has said. “By December, this year, we will be able to start work on the Ratle hydro project at Kishtwar district in J&K;,” Chief …
Four Months To Deadline For Completion, Project Yet To Be Awarded New Delhi: The Eastern Peripheral Expressway, an ambitious project to decongest the city by diverting traffic through national highways, is still hanging fire. The Supreme Court set up a panel to monitor progress, procedural clearances were given by central …
NHAI is using the fabric in several projects for the last seven years Dark-coloured, netted fabrics draped on concrete panels are all over the vertical structures coming up on the 42.6 km stretch from Chengapalli to Neelambur. Coimbatore is not only seeing the much-needed widening (six-lane) of NH 47 from …
With developers bidding aggressively in roads and highways projects, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) may borrow much less than the proposed Rs 1,91,000 crore in its financing plan for national highway constructions till 2031. In 30 years, the authority could manage to get a premium of Rs 77,000 …
Sector Gets Massive Pvt Investment, Premium; Trend Reverses In 18 Mths New Delhi: Highway developers are forking out premium to construct projects in a reversal from the past trend when the government paid a subsidy. Of the 15 projects awarded so far In 2011, 10 projects have yielded a premium …
GVK has emerged as the frontrunner to develop and operate the 330 km stretch Shivpuri-Dewas national highway in Madhya Pradesh. On opening of the bids here today, the company emerged as the best bidder by offering an annual premium of Rs 180.9 crore to NHAI. The premium will increase by …
NHAI to award 7,994-km highway projects in the current financial year; steel, cement and bitumen companies to benefit most. Consumption of cement, steel, and bitumen is to get a boost of Rs 42,000 crore, as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced to award 7,994 km of highway …
Much to the relief of Tiruverambur residents, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is on course to construct an underpass beneath the road over-bridge at a close distance from the entrance to the railway station, as part of the Tiruchi-Thanjavur four-lane project. According to official sources, the underpass will …
Land yet to be acquired for North bridge expansion The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is readying itself to widen two narrow corridors in the city
SRINAGAR: A high level meeting was held here today under the chairmanship of Revenue Minister, Raman Bhalla to review the progress of land acquisition and removal of impediments in respect of construction of roads in Ramban district under various schemes including National Highway 1-A, roads being constructed under PMGSY, BRO …
