Road Sector

According to the CMO, the Chief Minister said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Devbhoomi Uttarakhand is setting new dimensions in the field of road connectivity

Road Secretary Anurag Jain says capacity augmentation, lane widening will touch a record high in FY24

Given high competition, firms with ability to monetise projects, focus on high margin assets and healthy balance sheets are preferred plays

The state government collects tolls, passenger and goods taxes, and motor vehicle taxes annually or for a lifetime. Both the central and state governments charge a road tax

The share of power sector loans is around half of the bank's infrastructure loan portfolio of Rs 12.22 trillion as of May 2023

At the outset of a brief hearing, Vaidyanathan referred to the sequence of events in the high court and highlighted the procedural infirmities

The road transport and highways sector has the maximum number of delayed projects at 248, followed by railways at 116 and petroleum sector at 88, showed a government report. In the road transport and highways sector, 248 projects are delayed with respect to their original schedule out of the 831 monitored, as per the latest flash report on infrastructure projects for August 2022. Similarly in railways, out of 173 monitored projects, 116 are delayed, while for petroleum, 88 out of 139 projects are delayed. The Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD) is mandated to monitor central sector infrastructure projects costing Rs 150 crore and above, based on the information provided on the Online Computerised Monitoring System (OCMS) by the project implementing agencies. The IPMD comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The report showed that the Muneerabad-Mahaboobnagar rail project is the most delayed project. It is delayed by 276 months. The sec

The ban imposed by the RBI may impact loans worth Rs 35,000 crore, impacting power, healthcare, engineering & construction, and road sectors the most

FM Sitharaman had allocated Rs 48,000 cr to PMAY (urban and rural) for FY23. The govt then extended the deadline for the rural by two more years, and may have to do the same for urban

Car-makers' airbag objections are disingenuous

BJP MP Tapir Gao on Monday praised Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, calling him a 'Spiderman', and said he has built a web of roads across the country.

Weathering the pandemic-induced twists and turns, the sector will see more stretches of national highways, completion as well as awarding of multiple projects and fund raises in 2022

CRISIL expects revenue of road EPC players to grow 10-12 per cent and margin to remain range bound at 13.5-14 per cent

The rating agency said the asset monetisation potential is supported by healthy investor interest either through investment at asset level, or infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs).

HKR is a special purpose vehicle (SPV), owned by a consortium led by the Gayatri Group

The Central government is expected to keep impetus on roads, irrigation and water works segments for tendering in near term, said India Ratings and Research.

With the construction of a 2.5 km 4-lane concrete road and a 1-lane 25-km bitumen Solapur-Bijapur road within 24 hrs, India has made three world records, Gadkari said

Rating agency ICRA on Wednesday said there is a need to increase capital outlay in the road sector by at least 15 per cent besides expediting asset monetisation programme.

Toll collections witnessed a marked improvement on the back of increased movement of both passenger and commercial vehicles

Icra maintained stable outlook for the Indian road sector