Roads and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari
The new transport minister Nitin Gadkari took charge on Thursday and his first step was very clear. He does not want to regulate the roads sector with any new regulators because it will increase corruption and will start the licence-permit game again. He stated that his topmost priority is to bring about changes in the [...] Continue Reading »
The Road Transport and Highways Ministry apparently wants that concrete cement should be used in place of bitumen, in fully Government-funded projects and public-private partnership (PPP) road projects. Towards that end, the Ministry is reportedly mulling the option of making the use of concrete cement obligatory as part of the bid for such projects. The [...] Continue Reading »
