highway projects india
The new minister of state for road transport & highways and shipping Krishan Pal after taking charge is all set to bring about a change in the transport sector. During the ten years of UPA regime many highway projects were stalled and reviving and expediting those projects and building a sound infrastructure for the nation will [...] Continue Reading »
India is going to witness better roads by the end of 2014 as the Road transport and highways department has resolved to award 8,500 km of roadways projects out of which 3,900 km should be completed before the year end. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be discussing this issue with the key infrastructure secretaries in a few [...] Continue Reading »
The detailed status report of the 26 projects by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been put on its website on the back of a face-off with minister of environment and forests (MoEF) over delayed green clearances for several road projects. The authority had posted all the details of each of the project, describing [...] Continue Reading »
National highways built with 100% government funding should have full toll tax for a maximum 30 years, proposed the center. The proposal also says that after 30 years of toll collection, the charges will be reduced by 60% and in case the government has recovered the investments early, the toll charges will become incrementally less. [...] Continue Reading »
