Greater Noida: The widening of GT Road NH-91, a project of six-lane highway from Ghaziabad to Aligarh via Bulandshahr, will cost the felling of shady trees planted on the both sides of the road at the time of Emperor Sher Shah Suri.
About 19,000 trees will be cut for the purpose.
Around 25,000 to 30,000 trees have already been felled to widen the road.
The government is set to ask private developers building national highways under the public private partnership (PPP) mode to install weigh bridges at every entry and exit point of highways.
To check the wear and tear of highways, the government is planning to amend the model concession agreement for PPP in road construction, making it compulsory for all developers to set up weigh bridges on hi
Hazaribagh, April 10: The desiltation work at Hazaribagh lake has come to a halt with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) officials asking the district officials to immediately clear the mud, which has accumulated as a result of digging a small portion of the water body.
The NTPC had come forward to clean the lake after the Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) backed out.
The empowered group of ministers (E-GoM) for roads is expected to finalise a mechanism for resolving disputes between developers and the National Highways Authority of India that have locked up investments to the tune of Rs 11,000 crore.
Amidst concerns hovering around the infrastructure space, the road sector is showing some signs of revival, say experts. Invitation of bids for new road projects by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has again gained momentum since December, after a lull from July to November 2010.
Mumbai Amidst concerns hovering around the infrastructure space, the road sector is showing some signs of revival, say experts. Invitation of bids for new road projects by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has again gained momentum since December, after a lull from July to November 2010.
The ministry of road transport and highways, which has been successful in bringing land acquisition to levels needed to achieve 20-km-a-day target of road building, is, however, struggling to bring the acquired land under its possession and insulate itself from paying huge compensations to developers.
While, on paper, the ministry has managed to acquire 37,789 hectares of land for its national
Highway developers can now apply to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to get pre-qualified for projects that will be bid during a year. The NHAI has invited applications for annual pre-qualification (RFAQ) from companies.
They can apply for pre-qualification as a single entity or as a consortium.
Guwahati, March 7: To ensure that both development and wildlife blend harmoniously, WWF India has suggested a series of mitigative measures to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) so that wildlife in the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong landscape which bisects Lumding reserve forest is not drastically affected by the development of NH-54E.
