CCL employees insert a water pipe into the ground at Lohagate on NH-33 on Monday. Picture by Prashant Mitra
Ranchi, Aug. 10: Land acquisition is delaying the much-awaited four-laning project of NH-33 between Ranchi and Hazaribagh, including a 4km bypass near Kujju, where a portion of the highway caved in yesterday because of a raging underground mine fire.
Looking to make infrastructure development as its major plank, the Road Transport Ministry would be undertaking as many as 165 projects under the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP) during the year.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is, for the first time, giving operation, maintenance and transfer (OMT) of nine stretches on a public-private partnership (PPP). It is offering over 1,400 km of stretches under this model.
Kamal NathThe leisurely evening walk that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) got used to in the past five years is set to take on the speed of a 100-metre sprint under a new coach.
To build 1,000 km of expressways at an estimated cost of Rs 16,680 crore.
Kamal NathUnion Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath today said the government was considering setting up an authority for expressways on the pattern of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in order to give impetus to infrastructure development in the country.
Among the bidders are Larsen & Toubro, HCC, Soma Isolet consortium and KMC.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has got an average of over 15 bidders for each of 35 new projects worth Rs 39,000 crore under the various phases of the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP).
