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.

NOT impressed by the ambitious plans announced by road transport and highways minister Kamal Nath, the Planning Commission has advised the ministry to fix a

Non-Availability Of Fuel Can Upset April Plan

New Delhi: Will the new emission norms miss the April 2010 deadline? Automobile industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) is upset over the non-assurance by oil companies on supply of requisite-quality fuel and has requested the government to look at delaying the deadline for the new emission norms.

The Copenhagen spirit seems to have caught up with the Indian Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). While the nations discuss emission reductions at the international summit, the BEE has come up with its own unique proposal

India has made a strong pitch for a World Bank loan of US $2.97 billion for upgradation of single and intermediate lane of National Highways with Road Transport Minister Kamal Nath briefing World Bank chief Robert B Zoellick here on Wednesday.

All national highways will have a new

New Delhi: India may soon get a $3 billion (about Rs 14,000 crore) loan from the World Bank for building roads in the country, road and highways minister Kamal Nath said on Wednesday.

Terming the reported move of the Government to go ahead with the bypass near Kaziranga National Park, the Conversion of National Highway -37 to 4-lane Demand Committee today termed it as

New Delhi: To attract global infrastructure majors in the highway projects, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will soon float six ultra mega projects, each of 600 km or more. The each $1 billion project will be on offer in one and-a-half months, according to road, transport and highways minister Kamal Nath.

Against Target Of 135 Schemes, Only 17 Cleared Since Jan
Dipak Kumar Dash | TNN

New Delhi: This could be an indicator of how the ambitious highway development programme has been a nonstarter in UPA-2. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded only 17 projects for 1,574 km since January against the plan of awarding 135 projects (14,384 km) in the current financial.

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