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Gadkari gives nod to development of Rs 1,293 cr highway project in Andhra

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday approved the development of a 32-kilometre highway from Chandrasekharapuram to Polavaram in Andhra Pradesh with an investment of Rs 1,292.65 crore under the Bharatmala project. The six-lane greenfield highway project on the Bengaluru-Vijayawada economic corridor will be developed on hybrid annuity model (HAM), according to an official statement. Under the hybrid annuity model, 40 per cent of the project cost is provided by the government during the construction period and the balance 60 per cent as annuity payments over the operations period along with interest thereon to the concessionaire. "Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari approved Rs 1,292.65 crore under Bharatmala Pariyojana for the development of 32.00 Km long 6-lane access controlled greenfield highway from Chandrasekharapuram to Polavaram on (NH-544G) BengaluruVijayawada Economic Corridor in hybrid annuity mode in Andhra Pradesh," the Ministry of Road ...

Landslide damages 9 houses, cowshed on Srinagar-Leh highway, says official

Landslide damaged nine houses and a cowshed on the Srinagar-Leh highway, said officials on Monday, adding that there was no loss of life

Two sweeping reforms likely in debt-ridden NHAI's HAM framework

Authority plans to slash developer upfront payment, reduce timeline for financial closure

Over 5,100 trees to be felled in Delhi for Saharanpur highway construction

More than 5,100 trees will be felled in Delhi for the construction of the six-lane Delhi-Saharanpur highway by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), according to official documents. A total of 9.58 hectares of deemed forest land in Delhi having 5,104 trees has been diverted for the construction of the 14.75-kilometre stretch of the highway. The tree species include Sheesham, Sahtut, Peepal, Champa, Ashok, Subabul, Neem, Eucalyptus, Kikar, Ber, Jamun and Gular. According to the Deputy Conservator of Forest (Central), all the 5,104 trees on the deemed forest land will be felled and compensatory afforestation will be raised at NTPC Eco Park, Badarpur at a cost of Rs 8.66 crore. The Delhi portion of the Delhi-Saharanpur highway extends from the Akshardham NH-9 junction to the city's border with Uttar Pradesh. The project is part of the first phase of Bharatmala Pariyojana, the second-largest highway construction programme in the country under which 50,000 km of roads will b

Shapoorji Pallonji sells entire stake in Jammu-Udhampur highway to NIIF

Contract for the project, which connects with Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, allowed the firm to collect a semi-annual sum for 20 years

Amritsar-Jamnagar expressway to be completed by Sep 2023: Gadkari

The 1224-km highway is being developed at a cost of Rs 26,000 for the Bharatmala programme.

Govt targets 18,000 km highway construction in FY23, at 50 km/day: Gadkari

The target is ambitious as the ministry in 2021-22 set a 40-km per day construction goal, but later revised it down.

Budget 2022: Gati Shakti to gather pace with 25,000 km highway expansion

Plan outlay set at Rs 100 trillion for multi-modal connectivity; 16 ministries to work on integrated infra development, including railways, roads, oil and gas, power, telecom, shipping and aviation

60% of black spots which caused over 28,000 highway deaths rectified: RTI

Sixty per cent of black spots on national highways in India where more than 28,000 killings took place in road crashes in a period of three years have been rectified now, according to official data.

Haryana farmers block highways after police lathicharge in Karnal

Violence between police and protesting farmers in Haryana broke out on Saturday with former trying to reach Karnal city to protest against a state-level BJP meeting chaired by CM Khattar

NGT seeks report on steps taken to control sewage along Delhi-Agra highway

The National Green Tribunal Tuesday directed the Haryana State Pollution Control Board to submit a report on steps taken to control overflow of sewage on the stretch of DelhiAgra highway

Char Dham: SC directs govt to plant trees to compensate loss of forest area

The Supreme Court directed the Central government to undertake plantation activities to compensate for the loss of forest area due to the construction of Char Dham national highway in Uttarakhand

New build-operate-transfer model addresses national highway traffic risk

The traffic projections would be for certain time periods starting from five, 10, 15 years, and onwards

Maha Shivratri: Massive jam on Delhi-Gurugram highway, hundreds stranded

Vehicles were running bumper to bumper and a long line of cars was visible for several kilometers on both sides of the highway

Myanmar land issues come in way of Rs 11.77-billion friendship highway

The proposed 1400-km long highway would connect Moreh in Manipur to Mae Sot in Thailand via Myanmar

Highway monetisation projects pose high refinancing risk, says report

The ratings agency said that the reduction in the concession period by five to seven years would bring down IECV

Govt's target of 25,000 km of highway projects may not be met in FY17

So far, a meagre 18% of the highway projects have been awarded

Gayatri Projects wins Rs 1,255-crore highway contract

The contract involves rehabilitation and upgradation to 4-laning of Angul-Sambalpur section of NH-42 covering a length of 153 km

Rs 66,000-crore highway bonanza for poll-bound Punjab

The travel time from New Delhi to Amritsar is likely to get reduced by about 2.5 hours

Private sector set to make a big splash on highways

With its new hybrid annuity model, the government is confident of getting more funds from India Inc