Report by the District Magistrate, Agra in EA No. 34 of 2024 IN OA No. 338 of 2023 (Ravendra Singh Vs. NHAI & Ors.) dated January 21, 2025. The compliance report was in response to the NGT order of May 22, 2023 regarding the inaction of the authorities in cleaning …
New Delhi: The highways ministry now aims to award 9,000 km of national highways (NH) during this financial year. It has also set a target of constructing at least 12-13 km a day. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has planned to build at least 3,000 km, which is 500 …
In FY12, 65% projects were awarded on a premium, compared with 25% in 2008-09 The average return on equity on road projects awarded in 2010-11 is likely to be 6%-8% lower than those contracted before 2009, according to a study by ratings and research agency CRISIL. The study estimates that …
The Union Ministry of Surface Road Transport and Highways has declared two roads of Assam, linking neighbouring states Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, as National Highways. The highways starting from Tinsukia on NH15, connecting Naharkatia and Hukanjuri of Assam and terminating at Khonsa on NH215 in Arunachal Pradesh has been declared …
Bihar has set out to match Mumbai with its own version of the Marine Drive. The 21.5km Ganga Path, coming up in Patna by June 2015, will be one of the country’s biggest public-private-partnership projects at an estimated cost of Rs 2,234.46 crore. The Bihar State Road Development Corporation will …
New Delhi: At least 87 NH projects are running behind schedule, and in some cases the delay is more than seven years. Unhappy with the tardy progress of highway construction, the highways ministry has started a state-wise review of progress — starting with Uttar Pradesh — to expedite the unfinished …
Protesting against proposed land acquisition for six lane Lucknow-Agra highway, Communist Party of India (CPI) on Friday demanded state government to drop the scheme in interest of farmers. Stressing that already two highways were existing between Lucknow and Agra which could be developed for more efficient transport between two mega …
The government is likely to reject ‘radical’ recommendation of a parliamentary panel that proposed tighter norms for acquiring land for private businesses. In a report tabled in Parliament on Thursday, the Standing Committee on rural development has recommended key changes to the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, proposing to …
TARDY PROGRESS Inquiry committee of road ministry finds World Bank Institutional Integrity Unit report on Lucknow-Muzaffarpur highway project true Aprobe panel of the road ministry has recommended a CBI investigation into allegations of fraud against private contractors involved in the Lucknow-Muzaffarpur highway project. The inquiry committee, instituted by the Ministry …
PANJIM: Chief minister Manohar Parrikar’s ambitious plan of cleaning Goa’s roads of plastic litter and debris from May 20, is likely to be deferred as government agencies are still working out the modalities of what appears to be a mammoth task. The State Public Works Department Principal Chief Engineer J …
Kendrapada: The World Bank authorities have expressed displeasure over the inordinate delay in handover of the roadside land required for widening of the 106-KM long Cuttack-Chandballi State Highway in state, official sources said. The funding agency has refused to start road widening work for the Rs 800 crore worth State …
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture has pulled up the National Highways Authority for its laggard pace in completing projects. It has called NHAI’s 20 kilometer per day target for highway construction as a ‘distant dream’. “NHAI is not in a position to complete any project whether …
If an ambitious state road development plan approved by the public works department is implemented, then by 2021, all the national highways passing through Maharashtra will be expressways with a minimum of four lanes, ring roads will be constructed for all districts and all tehsils will have bypass roads. “The …
Calcutta, April 30: The Bengal government’s failure to acquire land for development projects came under the glare today at a meeting between National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) chairman A.K. Upadhyay and chief secretary Samar Ghosh. Upadhyay, who is also a secretary in the ministry of road transport and highways, …
NHDP is aimed at upgradation, rehabilitation and widening of major highways to international standards Highways development in the country requires an investment of Rs 200 crore every day in the next 15-20 years, according to a Parliamentary panel. "The quantum of financial resources required for implementation of highway projects is …
Pointing out serious irregularities in the implementation of the Pinjore-Kalka Urban Complex project of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), the Supreme Court has ruled that it was “prima facie of the view that the entire (land) acquisition proceeding deserves to be quashed.” “The list of the persons in whose …
MUMBAI: The Indian commercial vehicle market will double to 1.6 million units in next five years thanks to the increase in infrastructure spend, rapid urbanisation and entry of major multinational players in the country said Ernst & Young in its latest report on 'Mega trends shaping the Indian commercial vehicle …
ITANAGAR, April 12 – Arunachal Pradesh Finance, Planning & PWD Minister Chowa Mein has reviewed the physical progress of highway projects, including the ongoing ambitious Trans-Arunachal Highway in the State. The PMO has been constantly monitoring all flagship programmes of the UPA government. After being briefed on the progress of …
JAMMU : Equating dependable road communication with economic prosperity, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday emphasized the need for dovetailing various road development schemes to obtain holistic results and expand benefit orbit. Taking stock of the progress and status of flagship programme PMGSY here, the Chief Minister said that linking …
New Delhi: Distancing itself from the traffic mess at Delhi-Gurgaon toll plaza and rise in accidents on the Gurgaon expressway, the National Highways Authority of India has blamed its developer for these problems. In a mammoth 200-page reply submitted in the Delhi high court, NHAI has justified its move to …
Contractors abandon 36 projects under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana Jammu: Many road projects in the state have got delayed as a number of contractors who were allotted these mega projects under the national flagship Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) have failed to complete the work in the stipulated …
