In a prelude to creating a national expressways authority on the lines of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), road transport and highways minister Kamal Nath has already set a time table of works that the agency would implement.
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
The first report committee on public undertakings has flayed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) over irregularities in the execution of the traffic intensive Delhi-Gurgaon highway claiming that it made certain exceptions to the usual approach to projects in order to benefit the private concessionaire.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has identified 11 stretches in 12 states in the country for setting up high-speed six- to eight-lane expressways in the country in the first phase of its plan. The stretches so far identified add up to a total length of 3,530 km and would be built at a cost exceeding Rs 20,000 crore as per the plan prepared by the ministry.
In its first meeting on Monday, the newly-constituted empowered group of ministers (EGoM) for the roads sector will take stock of the finances available and also discuss ways to meet the funding requirement of National Highways Authority of India, estimated at estimated at Rs 47,736 crore, for 2010-11. NHAI has targeted executing road projects that are 11,092 km in length.
New Delhi: After removing most major irritants from the highway bidding process, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) expects a major push in the receipt of bids and award of contracts from this week.
New Delhi: The government has drawn up an ambitious target to lay 18,637km network of brand new expressways by 2022. These high-speed, access controlled roads will be of the four-lane and six-lane variety with 3,530 km to come up in the next three years.
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.
