New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said that meeting the deadline to award 12,000 km highway projects by March 2010 will be delayed by at least three more months. Road, transport and highways minister Kamal Nath said this singling out conflict of interest (crossholding in bid competitors) and other irritants in the concession agreement and bid documents as the reasons behind the slowdown.
In a fresh attempt to cut down delays in implementation of National Highway Projects, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to appoint Executive Directors (EDs) at Guwahati, besides seven other zones all over the country, Union Ministry of Road Transport and National Highway, Kamal Nath announced here this afternoon.
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is setting up a regional office in Ranch soon to ensure timely completion of various projects worth Rs 3,000 crore in Jharkhand, considered laggard in reaping the benefits of centrally-sponsored road revamp schemes.
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.
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) today signed a contract with a consortium of IL&FS Transportation Networks Limited (ITNL) and Punj Lloyd for the proposed four-laning project of Ranchi-Hazaribagh stretch of NH-33, the state
To tide over delays in highway work on acquired stretches, the Government has decided that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will have to vest back all unused land to the original owner if highway building does not start in five years. Moreover, the land-owner will not have to pay for re-possession.
New Delhi: The Centre has prepared a plan to convert 6,376 km of single-lane national highways (NH) to twolanes involving an investment of over $3 billion (Rs 15,000 crore). The government is approaching the World Bank to finance this expansion, roads, transport and highways minister Kamal Nath said on Thursday.
