No dearth of funds for highway building, says Cabinet Minister Jyotiraditya ScindiaSpeaking to journalists in Delhi, Scindia said the Bharatmala Pariyojana is “an extremely important part of our highway expansion,” while a...
08 Dec, 2023, 05.05 PM IST
NHAI collected over Rs 53,000 cr since 2020-21 as toll fee via FASTag: GadkariIn response to another question in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, union minister Nitin Gadkari said that the cost escalation under the Bharatmal...
06 Dec, 2023, 03.21 PM IST
Pace of NH construction at 20.78 km/day in April-October FY24Phase 1 of the programme includes development of about 24,800 km NH network such as economic corridors, inter-corridor & feeder roads, nati...
17 Nov, 2023, 04.34 PM IST
NHAI confident of awarding highways contracts for 6,500-km this fiscal, say officialsThe National Highways Authority of India had awarded projects for a total length of 6,306 kilometres in the last financial year, while the ...
31 May, 2022, 08.40 PM IST
Lack of robust road connectivity to ports major bottleneck for shipping sector: Par PanelThe panel also said it is deeply concerned to note the extremely slow progress of works under development of port connectivity roads as a p...
18 Dec, 2021, 11.49 AM IST
Road ministry built 13,327 km of highways in FY21: Nitin GadkariGadkari said, to mitigate COVID-19 pandemic effect, his ministry took initiatives under Atmanirbhar Bharat and provided several COVID-19 re...
22 Jul, 2021, 04.14 PM IST
Highways ministry to seek Cabinet nod to raise Bharatmala outlayCost of the first phase of the programme when it was first approved in 2017 was estimated at around Rs 5.35 lakh crore. Now it has shot up ...
03 Feb, 2021, 01.21 PM IST
Ashoka Buildcon climbs 7% on emerging as lowest bidder for NHAI projects in BiharThe company has emerged as the lowest bidder (L-1) for NHAI projects including Package I and Package II. The aggregate quoted value of both...
08 Sep, 2020, 12.32 PM IST
Bharatmala Phase-1 to generate 14.2 crore man-days of employmentA total of 225 projects, having an aggregate length of about 9,613 km, have been appraised and approved under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I...
08 Jul, 2019, 06.58 PM IST
NHAI to raise Rs 10,000 crore through Bharatmala bondsTill date a sum of Rs 41,170 crore has been raised by NHAI.
03 Jan, 2019, 03.26 PM IST
Government to develop 17 road-cum-airstrips, says GadkariProjects for constructing 6,320 km of road have been awarded under the first phase of the Bharatmala project, with the financial implicatio...
26 Jul, 2018, 08.18 PM IST
Projects for 6,320 km roads awarded under BharatmalaUnder the first phase, a total of 34,800 km of road, including 10,000 km of residual NHDP (National Highway Development Project) have been ...
26 Jul, 2018, 02.23 PM IST
Private participation in Bharatmala project challenging:Ind-Ra"Private participation could be challenging due to the continued stretched balance sheets of many infrastructure developers," Ind-Ra said i...
06 Nov, 2017, 03.42 PM IST
Highway development plan has the potential to add 3% to GDP: Nitin GadkariIn last three years, I have already awarded works worth Rs 6 lakh crore in the road transport and highways ministry alone, he said.
25 Oct, 2017, 11.31 PM IST
Modi govt approves mega Rs 7-lakh crore project to develop 83,000 km highways in 5 yearsThis may be the biggest decision before the upcoming state polls. Through this, the govt plans to generate 32 crore man-days across the cou...
25 Oct, 2017, 12.51 AM IST
Bharatmala, others National Highway schemes require Rs 6.92 lakh crore by FY22The umbrella programme for roads - Bharatmala - is expected to see construction of 20,000 km of highways in the first phase, the government...
24 Jul, 2017, 02.38 PM IST
Economic Survey 2016: Rs 2.67L cr under Bharatmala to augment border, coastal infraThe survey said the government would spend Rs 80,250 crore on development 7,000 km of state roads along coastal areas or border areas, incl...
26 Feb, 2016, 03.53 PM IST