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SC issues pan-India directions for road safety, says expressways should not become corridor of perilThe Supreme Court has mandated new nationwide road safety rules. Heavy vehicles are now banned from parking on expressways, except at desig...- New rules classify highway project failures as catastrophic; to affect contractor ratings & future contractsNew rules define catastrophic failures in highway projects. These failures will impact contractor ratings and future contract awards. Incid...
- Road ministry defines catastrophic failures to help in assessment of concessionaireNew rules from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways define major highway failures. These failures, like bridge collapses or severe p...
- Road ministry to undertake real-time monitoring of bridges on national highways via sensors to avoid any mishapIn a recent notification, the ministry of road transport and highways has directed the road consultants to factor in the cost of installati...
- Vision 2047: Mega plan for building highways soonAccording to official data, the country has been annually constructing over 10,000 kilometres of national highways (NH) since the launch of...
- Officials of regional offices of road ministry, NHAI, NHIDCL to be responsible for non-compliance in quality measuresThe Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in its recent circular has said that such officers and engineers of regional offices of...
- NHAI to penalise officials for shoddy construction qualityThe road transport ministry has outlined the responsibility of the officers in-charge at site to inspect construction projects to ensure pr...
- NGT raises fine imposed on Gammon India, HCC to Rs 2 crore eachThe green panel, which had slapped an environment compensation of Rs 1 crore each on the companies on February 12, increased the amount aft...
- Put notices to road builders on hold, NHAI toldSources said Gadkari termed the NHAI's decision to mention the list of terminated projects and the name of companies on its website as a "h...
- NHAI: Won't invite bids till land is acquired for construction of roads and flyoversThe authority will not commence work on structures, such as flyovers, bridges and rail over bridges, until it has 100% of the land.
- Toll on six-lane highways only after constructionThe government has agreed to carry out six-laning under hybrid annuity mode implying tolling will start only after construction is complete.
- NHAI unveils stringent norms to weed out ‘non-serious’ players in highwaysThe private players will be allowed to participate in fresh bidding only after they complete the ongoing project for which they have been s...
- No govt can ensure support price sought by farmers: Nitin GadkariNo government can guarantee the support price as demanded by farmers, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said here today even as he proposed a co...
- Government eyes Rs 1 lakh crore in highway auctionGadkari said the auction will increase availability of funds to undertake more projects both on government funding mode and hybrid annuity.
- L&T bags Rs 379 crore project from NHAILarsen and Toubro has been awarded a contract to build a new four-lane bridge across Narmada river at Zadeshwar about 90 km away from Vadod...
- NH-13 a death trap for bearsThe forest area in Jabalgudda, Indargi, Hiresullikeri, Metagalla, Hosagall, Hosagalla and Hosaballary is bear country.
- Centre suffering from 'multi-organ failure': Yashwant SinhaReacting to depreciation of Rupee against US dollar, Sinha said, "In fact, the government is suffering from "multi-organ failure".
- Road Min to use modern techniques in highway projectsIt has decided to use new materials and techniques in highway projects on experimental basis to promote innovation in construction of roads.
- Road Ministry sets target to award 9,000 km projects in FY'14The target set for the current fiscal factors into account the subdued market sentiments and the tepid response to bids in respect of PPP p...
- In 5 yrs, all-weather road from Jammu to ValleyNHAI officials said that the entire mountainous stretch of NH-1A from 189.350km to 220km is geo-dynamically active which results in frequen...
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