National Highway
Even after seven years, the HP Public Works Department (PWD) has failed to complete the construction of a flyover in the heart of the town. The construction of the Rs 5-crore flyover project was taken up seven years ago by the national highway wing of the HP PWD to ease traffic in the town and [...] Continue Reading »
The Centre has approved the Karnataka Government’s Rs 3,000-crore proposal to convert the Bangalore-Mysore road into a six-lane national highway. The Centre has also accorded National Highway (NH) status and has numbered it ‘NH 275’. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has agreed to fund the entire project and collect toll. The State’s role [...] Continue Reading »
The construction of a 40-km elevated corridor is being considered by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. The corridor has been planned from Chennai to Chengalpattu along the GST Road. Specifically speaking, the 40-km stretch of the elevated road will be constructed along the Chennai Airport on the city’s outskirts to the toll plaza near Chengalpattu [...] Continue Reading »
At his first public function in Maharashtra after taking charge as the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi laid the Foundation Stone of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Special Economic Zone (JNPT SEZ), at Sheva in Navi Mumbai. Modi also laid the Foundation Stone for the project involving the widening of Port Connectivity Road from JNPT [...] Continue Reading »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone tomorrow for widening of a road project in Haryana that entails Rs 4,000 crore investments. The Prime minister is to launch four-laning of over 160 Kms National Highway from Kaithal to the border of Haryana -Rajasthan at a function at Kaithal in Haryana tomorrow as an [...] Continue Reading »
In a proposal to make the Rs 1.12-crore highway beautification project a success, the Kochi Corporation has mooted setting up kiosks along service roads. The local body plans to rope in hotels, builders, individual traders and other businesses along the highway to pump in funds to beautify medians as well as service roads, ensure proper [...] Continue Reading »
The website of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) displays toll-related information, thereby increasing the transparency of the toll collection system. The Toll Information System portal of the NHAI – accessible through nhai.org – will essentially enable the Internet users to know about the charges to be paid at any toll plaza which is [...] Continue Reading »
Many developers had offered to pay high premium to the government during the high economic growth period between 2010-2012, to win the bids in projects of road widening, maintaining, and collecting toll from road users over a 20-30 year concession period. However now National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has intervened in these projects and has added [...] Continue Reading »
The recent incident of manhandling of NHAI officials by a ruling party MLA is likely to become another impediment in the speedy execution of the ongoing works. However, the skirmishes between the state authority and NHAI have a long history in Rajasthan. The delay in construction of the hanging bridge in Kota which led to [...] Continue Reading »
Sonipat-Kundli and Panipat region is increasingly becoming popular with developers and investors alike. Few of the developers in the region are TDI, Ansals, Kamal Ideal Infratech Pvt Ltd, Jindal Real Estate, Eldeco, Parker, Omaxe, Parsvnath, Vardhman, Apex Developers, among others. The area has also seen great increase in terms of population and infrastructure development. It [...] Continue Reading »
