The road transport and highways ministry is drafting stringent bidding norms for mega-highway projects that could possibly leave even large Indian players out of the fray.

7% Land Will Be Returned After Work Is Over
Dwaipayan Ghosh | TNN

Greater Noida: In a bid to smoothen the process of getting land for Greater Noida-Agra Expressway project, the Yamuna Expressway Authority (YEA) has announced it will hike its rates to acquire land by 5.63%.

The state government has declared that construction of 165 km long Yamuna Express way would be completed by September 30, 2010 and has asked the construction company to expedite the work.

In a prelude to creating a national expressways authority on the lines of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), road transport and highways minister Kamal Nath has already set a time table of works that the agency would implement.

In a bid to boost road connectivity, Tripura

THE B K CHATURVEDI COMMITTEE HAS suggested ways for expeditious financing and implementation of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP). It has rectified problematic rules concerning the exit policy, bid security, security to lenders, request for qualifications (RfQ) and request for proposal (RfP). These belated measures will surely make highway projects more attractive for investors.

For decades, the narrow bridge on Ganga near Kanpur has been a bottleneck on National Highway 25, connecting Lucknow with Jhansi and other places in central India. However, the daily ordeal of motorists is likely to end soon as a parallel, wider bridge will be thrown open to the public in 2010.

THE Japanese government reiterated its commitment to the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) last week. This is welcome. It should accelerate industrial activity along the 1,500-km corridor.

ITANAGAR, Jan 1

Coimbatore: District Collector P. Umanath along with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials held a public hearing at Sulur on Wednesday to elicit public opinion on the widening of the National Highway Number 47 from Chengapalli to Walayar.