The Centre is planning to reject the Pachauri panel report on the Sethusamudram project and set up a new committee to re-examine ‘Alignment 4A’ suggested by the Supreme Court.

The contentious Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill, 2011, which was taken up by the Cabinet on Tuesday, had to be referred to a group of ministers (GoM), as several mi

Raising concern over the dismal progress in building roads, the Prime Minister’s Office has asked the Ministry of Road Transport for a “work plan” to achieve the national highways target promised b

In a bid to provide much-needed impetus to the fund-starved highways sector, the road transport ministry is looking at increasing road projects to be awarded through Engineering Procurement Contrac

New Delhi Problems with land acquisition and environmental clearances have delayed 58 ongoing national highways projects, including 18 in Assam, seven in Jammu and Kashmir and five each in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, said the ministry of road transport and highways in response to a written question.

The projects which are facing delay due to land issues are in Rajasthan (4) and two each in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, it said.

With many highway projects finding it difficult to reach financial closure, the government is seeking a review of guidelines for lending to such projects.

Beware when you take a newly constructed National Highway, lest you land in the woods.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) actually intends to construct new highways in bits and pieces, as it is unable to secure environment clearance for the entire project that involves construction of stretches through forest ranges. In a desperate bid to push up the pace of construction of highways, the MoRTH has proposed to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to clear part of such road projects — that is, instead of sitting over the entire project it should give approval for at least that portion which does not pass through the forest.

To reduce time and cost overrun in highway projects, the government on Friday approved a model document for construction of highways. It is expected the move would also enable faster roll-out of projects.

The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure approved the model engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement document for constructing two-lane national highways, read an official statement.

New Delhi:Highway developers facing acute equity crunch would soon get a breather with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) likely to spend at least Rs 9,000 crore in construction of two-and

Contractor had to complete the project in 36 months, but not a single km has been built.