Infrastructure
On a road trip from Mumbai, the ‘go-slow’ signposts are commonplace on the National Highway 48 (formerly NH4) that connects the financial capital with Bengaluru. The first 200km of Thane-Satara stretch has 16 fly-overs under construction currently, some moving at a snail’s pace, some others abandoned midway, a few pillars built by the contractor ensuring […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.The three municipalities of Delhi are not just jeopardizing lives by setting up crude, antiquated and unscientific toll booths, but violating many laws such as those set by NHAI (National Highway Authority of India) in the process as well. The NHAI, which is responsible for collecting toll on all 87 highways of the country, has […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Major irregularities have come to light in the land acquisition process for the Central Peripheral Road (CPR).For the construction of the 3.2-km long central peripheral road, Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) had acquired 102 acres of land and provided a compensation of Rs 700 crore to oustees. But now it has been found that the […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Ram Madhav is a learned and well-read leader of the BJP. At a time when the ruling party has chosen to outsource most of its public communication to jingoistic, ill-informed and, often, bad-mouthing propagandists on social media, its national general secretary provides clear arguments to defend the party and the Modi government in the mainstream […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.The Haryana government today signed five agreements with Singapore-based companies to attract Rs 18,000 crore investment in development projects in infrastructure and industrial sectors. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said here the companies will study various aspects of undertaking projects in the state. “We will see investments in infrastructure, industrial sector and other related […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.The Yogi Adityanath government has decided to cancel the tenders awarded to six firms during the previous Samajwadi Party regime to develop the 354-km long Purvanchal Expressway between Lucknow and Ghazipur. Sources confirmed that the state government will soon table a proposal in the Cabinet to cancel the tenders and start afresh the process of […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) today said it is not averse to any investigation by any agency, including CBI, into the matter of alleged irregularities in land acquisitions. It said allegations that NHAI is “reluctant on going ahead with the CBI enquiry in the matter of alleged irregularities in land acquisition in Nagina […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will not invite any bids for road projects until it has completed the process of land acquisition and shifting of utilities, and obtained in-principle forest clearance. Similarly, the authority will not commence work on structures, such as flyovers, bridges and rail over bridges, until it has 100% of […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.At the beginning of his tenure as the minister for road transport and highways — Nitin Gadkari had set an ambitious target of constructing an average of 40 kilometres of roads every day. However, three years down the line, the government is yet to meet that target – in fact the pace of road construction […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.The Narendra Modi government has set an ambitious target of awarding Rs 5 lakh crore worth of highway contracts, totalling about 50,000 km, in the last two years of its tenure, surpassing the cumulative road length awarded for paying in the last five years. Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari told ET that the […]
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