Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Nirbhay Kumar & Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE government has decided to form an empowered group of ministers (EGoM) to fast-track highway development projects.
New Delhi: The Centre has prepared a plan to convert 6,376 km of single-lane national highways (NH) to twolanes involving an investment of over $3 billion (Rs 15,000 crore). The government is approaching the World Bank to finance this expansion, roads, transport and highways minister Kamal Nath said on Thursday. …
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 …
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 …
CCL employees insert a water pipe into the ground at Lohagate on NH-33 on Monday. Picture by Prashant Mitra Ranchi, Aug. 10: Land acquisition is delaying the much-awaited four-laning project of NH-33 between Ranchi and Hazaribagh, including a 4km bypass near Kujju, where a portion of the highway caved in …
Looking to make infrastructure development as its major plank, the Road Transport Ministry would be undertaking as many as 165 projects under the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP) during the year. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is expected to award the contract for the development of the highways, …
Mihir Mishra / New Delhi July 24, 2009, 0:35 IST The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is, for the first time, giving operation, maintenance and transfer (OMT) of nine stretches on a public-private partnership (PPP). It is offering over 1,400 km of stretches under this model. The stretches are …
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 …
Mihir Mishra / New Delhi June 30, 2009, 0:19 IST Among the bidders are Larsen & Toubro, HCC, Soma Isolet consortium and KMC. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has got an average of over 15 bidders for each of 35 new projects worth Rs 39,000 crore under the …
New Delhi: Road transport and highways ministry has designed a draft model concession agreement (MCA) for the four-laning of national highways on build-operate-transfer (BOT) annuity mode. The move comes on the back of claims by ministry officials that the current MCA governing national highways needs to be tweaked for BOT …
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 …
NHAI proposes altering highway projects to 2-lanes New Delhi: In a bid to reduce the cost for building highways and rope in more developers in phases III and V of the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP), the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has proposed re-engineering of projects to two …
Shortage of credit in the market and undue interference from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has had a negative impact on the road development in the country with a number of projects being stalled and some being delayed much beyond the target. Although the newly appointed Minister for …
The four-laning project of Ranchi-Jamshedpur stretch of National Highway 33, which had almost been forgotten, has got a fresh lease of life. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has finally found five bidders for the ambitious project to be executed under BOT (toll) basis. The same set of bidders …
