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Sajag Nagrik Manch, a Citizens’ group in Pune, has put a demand to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) that toll collection for the 140-km highway stretch between Pune and Satara should be stopped. They believe that as only 60% of the work to widen it to six lanes has been completed the toll [...] Continue Reading »
Finance Ministry sought a major revision to the draft proposed by the Roads Ministry regarding the formation of a Road Regulatory Authority. The role of such a regulator is to sort out issues between private road developers, National Highways Authority of India and Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways, and ensure smooth functioning of road [...] Continue Reading »
Two road projects in Karnataka and Maharashtra, which entail a cost of Rs 4,139 crore, have been started by IRB Infrastructure. IRB Infrastructure said in a filing to the BSE, that Rs 2,639-crore scheme for four-laning of a highway in Karnataka and the Rs 1,500-crore road widening project in Maharashtra are being implemented by company’s [...] Continue Reading »
The State Government and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) have recently approved the three-tier flyover on Hero Honda Chowk to ease out the traffic. NHAI has now invited tenders for the construction the flyover at the Hero Honda Chowk, aimed at easing traffic troubles at this cluttered intersection. As per the senior NHAI officials, [...] Continue Reading »
The ongoing two major tunnel projects on Jammu- Srinagar National Highway which are being developed to reduce the distance between twin capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar, would be completed in 2016, Minister of State for Revenue Ajaz Ahmad Khan said in reply to a question by S Bashir Ahmad Veeri (NC). Development work on [...] Continue Reading »
Haryana’s Union cabinet recently took the decision to connect Nuh, the district headquarters of Mewat, to link it with the national highway. The backward regions of southern Haryana, including Mahendragarh, may get the economic boost with the improved connectivity. Presently, the nearest highway to Nuh is NH-919, which is about 21km away from the town. [...] Continue Reading »
Larsen and Toubro has bagged a contract to build a new four-lane bridge across Narmada river at Zadeshwar about 90 km away from Vadodra. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) awarded the contract after Hindustan construction company (HCC) failed to abide by the tender condition. NHAI estimates the project to be completed within 30 [...] Continue Reading »
Investments and waning investor interest, both award and construction of centrally-assisted roads including national highways has faced a big dropdown and due to this their targets have been lagged by a massive margin in 2013-2014. As per the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) information, at January-end this economical, building of these roads stood [...] Continue Reading »
Less than a fortnight after the agreement between the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), IDFC and Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity Ltd. (DGSCL) to remove the Sirhaul toll plaza, voices demanding the removal of the KM-42 toll plaza at Kherki Dhaula here are growing louder with each passing day. Since the toll rates have doubled at [...] Continue Reading »
Travel to and from the Hero Honda Chowk in a Gurgaon is a nightmare and anyone who regularly uses the route would attest to it. The design of the intersection is inherently flawed and drainage problems cause heavy waterlogging during rains. The interface of Old Gurgaon Road and the expressway has, over the years, been [...] Continue Reading »
