Ahmedabad - Vadodara highway six laning in two years
The work on the Rs 3,300 crore six laning of Ahmedabad and Vadodara highway project has already begun and the financial closure is expected soon. On completion in next two years, journey between
NHAI told to resolve disputes with road developers in Rajasthan
All pending road projects in Rajasthan are set to get on with the union ministry of road transport and highways asking the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to solve disputes with the road
GMR’s proposal for financial relief still pending approval
The GMR Infrastructure, the Concessionaire of India’s largest highway project the Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad project had served a notice on 21 December 2012 upon the National Highways Authority of
Funding constraints, ban on mining restrains NHAI from setting target
Severe equity crunch and the clampdown on mining are restraining the National Highways Authority of India to set a formal target for Build Operate Transfer projects in 2013-14. While it is awaiting clarity on
Reliance Infra warns pulling out of NH-2 project if security is not beefed up
Reliance Infrastructure, which has undertaken the project of widening of 180-km road between Delhi and Agra, has threatened to pull out of the multi-crore project, unless security measures are beefed up.
Odisha government to expedite completion of NH works on time
Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik, after reviewing the progress of different national highway projects in the state has asked officials to expedite the process for getting forest clearances. The state
NHAI finalises annual qualification list of 61 bidders for 2013
Recently, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) circulated its annual qualification list for 2013 for 61 bidders, including five for which the results were withheld for lack of some documents. Larsen
Norms for premium payment by road project concessionaires may be relaxed
Given the lull in the road sector, where awarding projects is becoming difficult, the road ministry is pondering on a proposal to relax premium payment by concessionaires to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Currently, concessionaires have to pay premium to NHAI, the day the concessionaire
IRB Westcoast Tollway executes concession agreement with NHAI
IRB Westcoast Tollway Pvt. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd has executed Concession Agreement with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for four laning of
NHAI will not meet its target of awarding road projects this year
With only five days to go for the closure of the current fiscal year, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is all set to give a long miss to its target of awarding road projects. Even the government’s hope that 100% government funded projects would improve the authority's tally will meet the same
GMR seeks financial relief to restart work on Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad project
GMR Infrastructure has sought financial relief to help restart work on India’s largest, the Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad highway project. The infrastructure major, had in December, exited the project
Shy of relief for stalled road projects, SC delinks environment and forest clearances
Finally the standoff between the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) and the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) ended with the Supreme Court approving the revised norms for clearing infrastructure road projects that delink the environment and forest clearances as per the recommendations of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) last month.
Kamal Nath advocates replacing archaic norms for faster completion of projects
Kamal Nath, union urban development minister has advocated for replacing archaic practices and norms for faster and timely completion of all construction projects in cities. There is a need to give more freedom to contractors for designing and execution of a project confirming to the best practices. While
Highway project gets new lease of life
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has cleared most of the roadblocks for the widening of the National Highway 17 in north Malabar region and issued 3A and 3G notification for various stretches, thus giving rise to the hopes that wide national highways will become a reality soon.
Work on widening of highways passing through Pune to begin soon
The much delayed work on highways passing through Pune is likely to begin soon. All hurdles in the way of widening of state and national highways that pass through the district are likely to be cleared after the meeting between officials of the public works department (PWD) and the national highway authority of India (NHAI) on 6 March. Vikas Deshmukh, District collector, had called the m...