NHAI has front loaded awards because there was a large number of awards in April 2022
Seeking the intervention of Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari him to order a road audit of Delhi.
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
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that before the end of 2024, the centre would make the road infrastructure of Uttar Pradesh equivalent to that of the USA
Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said the government will approach the capital market next month to raise funds for four road projects
The money will be raised through Infrastructure Investment Trusts, and there will be an investment limit of Rs 10 lakh for retail investors, says Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari
Accidents can be avoided in Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, says union minister
Time and cost overruns could impact private sector participation in the ambitious National Monetisation Pipeline programme
The projects announced by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari pertain to the construction, widening, and upgrade of national highways in Assam, Telangana, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh
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Investments in NHAI were more than doubled to Rs 1.34 trillion, against Rs 65,060 crore in the revised estimate for FY22
The road network in the country has increased substantially in the current fiscal compared to previous years, the Economic Survey 2021-22 said.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday called upon investors to take up road projects as they offer "very high" internal rate of return, ensuring their economic viability. Assuring investors that their investments are safe, the road transport and highways minister said the possibility of any project getting stalled is nil now. "The internal rate of return in the road sector is very high and so there is no need to worry about their economic viability," Gadkari said while addressing a national conference on investment opportunities in highways, transport and logistics. Recalling his stint as the Public Works Department (PWD) minister in the first Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra in the early 1990s, he said even in those days money was never a problem to fund infrastructure as he could successfully raise funds and build the Mumbai-Pune Expressway with public money, which then went on to become a model for infrastructure financing. "When Reliance submitted the tender for the ...
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has invited US investors, particularly insurance and pension funds, to invest in the country's road and highway infrastructure
A similar proposal is being considered for other infrastructure assets with other government departments
South Africa has been ranked as the world's most dangerous country to drive in while India came in at fourth place, according to a research study by international driver education company Zutobi
Commercial vehicle companies to gain the most on scrappage, bus orders and infra boost
Construction engineering company Gayatri Projects on Friday said it has been declared the lowest bidder for a road project worth Rs 1,323.52 crore
Analysts expect better order flows, improving labour availability and rising construction activities to boost second half performance
Apart from optic fibre, transmission and gas pipelines, a large number of industrial clusters are planned on its side