Till now, funding from the World Bank for the National Highway Development Project has been confined to EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) projects costing over Rs 4,000 crore. In an EPC project, the government gives a contract for road construction on an outright payment to whoever quotes least cost.

The Madras High Court on Tuesday upheld a single judge's order setting aside land acquisition orders covering 35.48 acres at Kalappatty in Coimbatore (North) taluk on the national highway to Avinasi.

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 Nation

Four Months To Deadline For Completion, Project Yet To Be Awarded

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 throug

The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, connecting the state with the rest of the country, was closed to traffic today due to a landslide, triggered by heavy rain in Ramban district.The highway was cl

Sector Gets Massive Pvt Investment, Premium; Trend Reverses In 18 Mths

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 f

New Delhi The much-talked about National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, is likely to be introduced in Parliament during the current monsoon session, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said here on Thursday.

New Delhi: One of the key provisions of the land bill – banning acquisition of irrigated land – could create infrastructure bottlenecks in states with well developed agriculture such as Punjab, Har