RS 6K CRORE PLAN

Mumbai: In a major infrastructure move within the state, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Maharashtra government have thrown open the whopping Rs 6,000-crore National and State Highway Development and Maintenance Programme to the private sector.

The National Highways Authority of India faces 255 cases of disputes regarding land acquisition in Kerala

New Delhi: With the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) set to finalize the alignment of a 61 km-long expressway next month, the travel time between Delhi and Meerut may be reduced to approximately 45 minutes from the usual two hours once the project is completed.

Reliance Infrastructure has bagged a Rs 2,676 crore-expressway project connecting Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad and Sonepat. The company, a sole bidder for project, will recover its investment in 20 years by collecting toll from expressway users.

GMR, Tata Realty, L&T Among Bidders; Total Cost Of Projects Under Phase-III and V To Be Over Rs 70,000 Crore

LOWER interest rates and cheaper raw materials are breathing fresh life into about 60 highway projects worth Rs 70,000 crore that were lying in limbo for several months because of high cost of financing and litigation.

By Subhash Chandra N S,DH News Service,Bangalore:

A majority of the 17 road works awarded under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme in the first phase of National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) were delayed, according to a recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Of these projects, only five were completed in time, while there were delays of 2-42 months in others.

Compensation for land acquired, two toll plazas and maintenance of roads to be discussed on Dec 16

Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T R Baalu inaugurated the four-lane Chandigarh-Ambala highway on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, he assured the ministers from Punjab and Haryana that all the issues pertaining to the new stretch would be addressed by next week.

No BOT Venture Awarded In 6 Months, Deadlines Extended

Has economic meltdown hit the infrastructure sector in the country? Seems likely since in the last six months, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has failed to award a single BOT project.

1,464 km of highways in the State would be developed

TIRUCHI: An outlay of Rs. 9,880 crore is expected to be invested under the third phase of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T. R. Baalu said.