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Eighteen states today signed agreements with the Union Transport Ministry, a move which will expedite road projects under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) through public private partnership mode, a top government official said. On Uttar Pradesh’s refusal to sign the pact, he said, UP had agreed to sign it earlier but now they have [...] Continue Reading »
Stating that National Highways in Madhya Pradesh are the worst in the country, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today said the Centre will ensure that road projects in the state commence within four months. It is a fact that the condition of National Highways in Madhya Pradesh is worst in the country. [...] Continue Reading »
In a bid to improve connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the minister for rural development Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday approved 28 rural road projects worth Rs.438 crore, a government statement said. The roads are to be constructed in the Leh and Kargil districts in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir under the Pradhan [...] Continue Reading »
With several highway projects failing to find any takers in India, the Union Government is hopeful that the stuck highway projects in the country will probably be rescued by international infrastructure firms, especially those based in China and Malaysia. Towards that end, India’s Road Transport and Highways Ministry – which is headed by Nitin Gadkari [...] Continue Reading »
The Centre is homing in on rural India for a massive economic stimulus, with the Nitin Gadkari-led rural development ministry drawing up plans to spend Rs 3.45 lakh crore to build nearly 30 million houses for the homeless by 2022 under the National Gramin Awaas Mission. The nearly Rs 50,000 crore a year programme in [...] Continue Reading »
It has been a mixed bag so far for the highways sector under the new government. And it has also taken some initiatives in order to ease the process to award projects and push through held-up works, but a key demand on the wish list of the road transport ministry and National Highways Authority of [...] Continue Reading »
In a move which will give a massive push to stalled highway projects worth Rs. 50,000 crore, the Union Government has reached a decision on Tuesday with regard to giving forest and mining clearances for road projects. According to the details shared by Government officials, the move will benefit a number of big ticket road projects. Some [...] Continue Reading »
A whopping amount of Rs 26,556 crore is embroiled in disputes between National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and road builders, the government today said. An amount of Rs 26,556 crore is held up in disputes between NHAI and concessionaires. The Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told in a written reply to Rajya [...] Continue Reading »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit the city on August 21, and may lay the foundation stone for the ambitious metro rail project. He seems to have agreed for his maiden visit to Vidarbha as a PM for a couple of programmes at Tuljapur and Deoli in Wardha district. S tate BJP president [...] Continue Reading »
A new land acquisition law which included the land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement act (LARR), was enacted 10 months ago by the UPA government. It was considered as a big success for the former government. This had widespread support from almost all political parties, including the BJP. However the state governments started demanding for changes [...] Continue Reading »
