Cabinet approves over Rs 1,000 crore highway project

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 20:36

The Cabinet approved the upgrading of National Highway-211 in Maharashtra under the National Highways Development Programme with a total outlay of Rs 1,057.82 crore.

Check norms deviation by fuel pumps on NHs: Roadmin to oil cos

Last Updated: Sunday, July 14, 2013, 13:22

Concerned over most of the fuel stations along the National Highways not complying with norms for construction, the government has sought a road map for rectification by this week from all the oil companies including Indian Oil and Hindustan Petroleum.

Govt inks $252 mln loan pact with ADB for road development

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 21:52

Multi-lateral body Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend a USD 252 million (over Rs 1367 crore) loan for development of rural roads in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.

Govt approves Rs 4,620 cr road projects, including 3 in Assam

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 21:08

The government on Tuesday approved road projects worth Rs 4,620 crore in Assam and Madhya Pradesh for the widening of National Highways.

All national highways to have electronic toll collection system by 2014: Govt

Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2013, 21:17

The government will roll out RFID-based electronic toll collection across all the toll plazas on national highways through out the country by 2014.

Will not allow GAIL lay pipelines on agricultural land: Govt

Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013, 13:43

Taking a strong stand over the Kochi-Bengaluru GAIL gas pipeline issue, the Tamil Nadu government today said it would not allow the company to lay them on agricultural land and asked it to lay them on roadsides along the National Highways.

Install CCTV cameras on National Highways: Bombay High Court

Last Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 11:26

The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra Government to install CCTV cameras at all the lamp posts on National Highways across the state to detect over-speeding of vehicles and avoid accidents.

L&T: GMR, GVK road cancellations to have only minimal impact

Last Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2013, 20:47

Engineering and construction major Larsen & Tourbo (L&T) Thursday played down the impact of losing some orders following GMR Infra and GVK walking out of two road projects earlier this month, saying that its order pipeline will not be hit more than 10 to 11 percent.

Building 20 km of roads a day not sustainable: NHAI chief

Last Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 19:50

Building 20 km of highways a day -- UPA II government's ambitious target-- is not sustainable due to reasons like delays in environment clearance and issues of land acquisition, highways authority NHAI said Thursday.

GMR, GVK exiting mega projects due to unviability: NHAI

Last Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 18:57

GMR and GVK are walking out of mega road contracts as they are unable to arrange funding for those projects, and not on account of delays in environment clearance or regulatory hurdles as cited in their notices, NHAI said Thursday.

Getting finance for highways projs in north-east difficult

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 21:45

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is of the view that the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode for awarding projects in the region is a better model as compared to PPP.

Work on National Highways to be expedited: Punjab

Last Updated: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 17:48

Punjab government has put the construction work on Faridkot-Kotkapura and Shahkot-Moga- Ramgarh National Highway on fast track and orders have been issued to complete both road by March next year.