India Highway Projects

India's highway overhaul: 74 tunnels to transform road infrastructure

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will build 74 new tunnels across India, spanning 273 km, with an estimated cost of Rs 1 trillion

Centre plans mega highways constructions to replace Bharatmala Pariyojana

Launched in October 2017, Bharatmala Pariyojana aimed to develop 74,942 kms of national highways with an investment of Rs 5.35 trillion

Slow progress in highway construction persists despite government push

Only 20% of the ambitious target of building 13,800 km of highways have been constructed so far for the financial year

India's first public InvIT for road, highway projects in the works

Govt seeks to increase Indian investment in road InvITs

Highway construction pace in Oct falls 20% YoY in another month of decline

Dip in October has severely dented prospects of road ministry meeting its target of constructing 12,000-14,000 km of highways in 2022-23

September sees revival in national highway construction: Govt data

The ministry had constructed 10,237 kms in 2019-20, 13,327 kms in 2020-21, and 10,457 kms in 2021-22

After energy and transmission, investment major KKR launches highway InvIT

Its InvITs have a combined value of $3.8 billion and cover 33 assets in 22 states

Highway projects worth Rs 3.36 trn sanctioned in 3 years to FY21: Govt

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, the Road Transport and Highways Minister said that time for the completion of a project is generally kept two-three years from the date of the award

Indecisive officials dealing with highway projects to face action: Gadkari

The Minister said the NHAI has resumed 95 per cent of work on war-footing now with permission to start construction activities while adhering to guidelines.

Govt approves Rs 7,660 cr green highway project in UP, 3 other states

The project comprises components like sustainable development and maintenance of National Highways, Institutional Capacity Enhancement, Road Safety and Research and Development.

National highway projects worth Rs 10k-cr okayed under hybrid annuity model

Toll fee collection from the highway projects developed under the hybrid annuity model is the responsibility of the government/authority.

Govt looking at ways to finance highway projects worth Rs 15 trn: V K Singh

Singh said that amid talks of slowing global economy, highways sector has the potential to revive growth citing how the US survived economic depression

LIC offering Rs 1.25 trillion by 2024 for highway projects, says Gadkari

The Minister said that the line of credit will be used to fund the ambitious Bharatmala project, the revised cost of which has reached Rs 8.41 trillion

Banks to fund Rs 1.30 trillion for highway construction: Nitin Gadkari

The present government has doubled that length to 180,000 km

NHAI to do pre-tender health check on highways, share data with bidders

Appoints Crisil, Deloitte and Mazars to conduct due diligence of nine stretches that would be tendered this month

Govt to invest Rs 25,000-cr to link highways to international trade points

India to invest Rs 25,000 cr in highway linking projects for International trade