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Dipak Kumar Dash | TNN New Delhi: Ambitious it might sound, road transport and highways minister Kamal Nath has set a target of constructing 20 km of national highways per day to accelerate the highway development programme after over two years of snail paced progress. Though exact data on the …
Roads, as much as any form of geological life, are inevitably subject to wear and tear. Just six years ago, the Delhi-Jaipur highway symbolised India's aspiration to join the league of developed nations with smooth grey runways that made cruising at over 100 km or more a reality. Today, the …
Mumbai: The widening of National Highway Number 7 (NH-7) - connecting New Delhi to Kanyakumari - has ground to a halt outside the Pench Tiger Reserve amid fears that any widening here will destroy the ecologically rich but fragile forest ecosystem. At a meeting in New Delhi on May 21 …
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 …
New Delhi: After a hiatus of a few weeks, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded three road projects worth Rs 4,000 crore. The contract awarding agency for the government signed three concession agreements for 4/6-laning nearly 244 km of highways on build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis …
The reported decision by the government to raise the level of viability gap funding, or grants, for projects under the fifth phase of the National Highway Development Programme, may breathe some new life into a scheme that has stuttered to a halt. No project has been awarded in recent months …
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planning to utilise Rs 1,352 crore capital received as upfront payment from private players while bidding for projects on lucrative stretches of national highways for other road development work. "NHAI has received Rs 1,352 crore as negative grant (upfront payments by bidders) …
Anirban Chowdhury / New Delhi April 21, 2009, 1:24 IST NHAI alters bid process, project terms to lower risk for potential investors. After failing to get bids for over half of its highway projects last year, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to put up 19 highway …
New Delhi: Even if the new government expedites the process of developing national highways in the country, the road towards completion of projects as per the target dates set by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) looks bumpy. If we go by the targets set by the government, phases …
- Bara-Baliguma connector to ease traffic pressure on Dimna road KUMUD JENAMANI Jamshedpur, April 14: If the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has its way, the city will soon get a bridge for heavy vehicles across Subernarekha, connecting Bara to Baliguma on NH-33. NHAI has sent a proposal to …
Rajat Guha & Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI PROJECTS being executed under the public-private partnership (PPP) model will soon be put under an independent regulator who will take away the burden from government agencies that are often found wanting in cutting delays and ensuring project quality. Currently, projects worth $500 billion …
New Delhi: Caught in a web of arbitration, costly debt and equity, and repeated changes in the top management of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the UPA government
New Delhi: In a bid to prevent work on road projects from coming to a halt, the Government is considering a proposal to allow the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to extend working capital loans to developers. In a meeting held on March 7, the roads secretary and NHAI …
Kolkata: At a time when the Centre is banking on infrastructure projects to combat the economic slowdown, over Rs 13,000-crore worth of NHAI projects which add up to 1055 km are being delayed because of inadequate government support. NHAI has halved the portion of grant accorded to private partners from …
New Delhi: In the run-up to the polls and just before the election code of conduct kicked in, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government cleared infrastructure projects worth Rs 5,220 crore in the last ten days of February. According to an official release, the public private partnership appraisal committee (PPPAC) …
