Mihir Mishra / New Delhi September 22, 2010, 1:42 IST
Following protests over the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has dropped its plan to allow developers to use land along expressways for commercial purposes instead of seeking viability-gap funding (VGF).
The government had planned to build all expressways through public-private participat
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: While approving the rehabilitation package for evictees created by the National Highway Development Programme, the Cabinet on Thursday asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to review the alignment prepared for the development of NH-17 and NH- 47.
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.
