Ranchi, Aug. 31: The proposed four-laning of the Ranchi-Jamshedpur stretch of NH-33 is set for another round of delays with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) deciding to extend the deadline for submitting bids to October 5.
The bids were supposed to be opened today to decide which of the 18 construction companies that have evinced interest would win the ambitious project.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) got the Supreme Court nod on Tuesday to issue tenders for 35 vantage toll plazas across the country, almost a month after the process was stayed by the Allahabad High Court.
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has sanctioned Rs 145.72 crore for the construction of carriageways along nearly 89 kilometres of road on two major national highways, mainly in the districts of Kangra and Sirmaur.
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said he received a communication on this from Union Minister for Surface Transport Kamal Nath on Monday.
Irked by reports that the Planning Commission has predicted the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will turn bankrupt, an agitated Union Transport Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday picked up his phone and complained to Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
The total length of the under construction Four-lane Highway of the East-West Corridor in Assam is 670.65 km and the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is implementing the project. This was stated by PWD Minister Ajanta Neog in the State Assembly today. She was replying to a question of Phani Bhusan Choudhury (AGP).
Minister for Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath took a dig at the Plan panel yet again a week ago. And this time it was in the presence of Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and his infrastructure advisor Gajendra Haldea.
Shimla: Environmentalists fear that cutting of slopes for four-laning of the Shimla-Parwanoo section of the National Highway-22 will destabilise the fragile mountain ranges, making the stretch prone to landslides.
