New Delhi: Caught in a web of arbitration, costly debt and equity, and repeated changes in the top management of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the UPA government

New Delhi: In a bid to prevent work on road projects from coming to a halt, the Government is considering a proposal to allow the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to extend working capital loans to developers. In a meeting held on March 7, the roads secretary and NHAI officials discussed the possibility of such a move with road developers.

Kolkata: At a time when the Centre is banking on infrastructure projects to combat the economic slowdown, over Rs 13,000-crore worth of NHAI projects which add up to 1055 km are being delayed because of inadequate government support. NHAI has halved the portion of grant accorded to private partners from 20% to 10% for all nine projects under the National Highway Development Project (NHDP) V.

AGARTALA, March 4

New Delhi: In the run-up to the polls and just before the election code of conduct kicked in, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government cleared infrastructure projects worth Rs 5,220 crore in the last ten days of February. According to an official release, the public private partnership appraisal committee (PPPAC) granted approval to seven projects in the sectors of roads and ports.

Anirban Chowdhury / New Delhi March 4, 2009, 0:24 IST

Companies find the terms in the bidding documents for state projects much more attractive.

National highway projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme have found few takers, but state highway projects under the same route are getting record response in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Haryana.

AHMEDABAD: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has belted out 543-km four lane bonanza for Gujarat. These will mainly connect port towns and major cities of state with the rest of the country. Four-laning will be carried out on NH-6,59,8A and 8D.

THE government has decided to set up an expert panel to monitor World Bank funded road sector projects implemented by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The proposed committee will have independent professionals from finance, legal and technical streams.

THE government on Wednesday approved a Rs 1,205.52-crore highway project for fourlaning of national highway (NH-7) linking Madhya Pradesh with Maharastra. The 95.06 kilometre stretch will be developed by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the public-private partnership model.

THE steel ministry has asked National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to expand the road network in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and West Bengal keeping in mind the massive growth of steel production in these states by 2011-12. It estimates that the traffic load on the highways will jump from 125 million tonnes to 234 million tonnes in the next three years.

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