NHAI to carry out risk assessment before awarding projectsNational Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to carry out detailed risk assessment of each stretch for which the tenders would b...
29 Oct, 2015, 11.19 AM IST
Aim to award 10,000 km of road projects in FY16: Vijay Chhibber, Road Transport & Highways Secretary"At the start of this government’s tenure, we had about 77 projects which were struggling. We cancelled about 34 of these projects because ...
15 Oct, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
Government to give one time funds to complete 'languishing' highway projectsNH projects where construction has been 50% completed till Nov 2014 will be eligible for this one time financial assistance, Ravi Shankar P...
14 Oct, 2015, 02.02 PM IST
Banks over-financed road projects, now crying foul: Vijay Chhibber, transport and highways secretaryChhibber said the fact is 'a lot of bankers would be coming and saying that we need to change our system and our policies as some of them a...
11 Oct, 2015, 06.04 PM IST
App-based cabs to be treated as any other taxi service: GovernmentClearing the ambiguity over laws governing app-based cabs such as Uber and Ola, the government today said such cabs should be treated like ...
06 Oct, 2015, 05.50 AM IST
Nitin Gadkari to meet transport associations on September 30 in a bid to avert October 1 strikeRoads, highways and transport minister Nitin Gadkari along with roads secretary Vijay Chhibber will meet the leaders of the associations at...
30 Sep, 2015, 03.10 PM IST
Government serious on trucker issues, doors open for talks: Nitin GadkariAIMTC maintained that it's ready to pay a higher toll, but that should be collected as indirect tax because of harassment by different agen...
27 Sep, 2015, 11.37 AM IST
Rs 1,000 crore corpus proposed for making roads green in a yearAt least Rs 1,000 crore will be spent on making Indian roads green in the next one year under an ambitious policy, government said today.
24 Sep, 2015, 07.10 PM IST
Private players crucial in making policies for road sector: GovernmentPrivate players can play a major role in helping government make policies for the country's road sector, Road Transport and Highways Secret...
18 Sep, 2015, 06.47 PM IST
Vijay Chhibber to hold additional charge of NHAIRoad Transport and Highways Secretary Vijay Chhibber was today given additional charge of Chairman, National Highways Authority of India.
05 Jun, 2015, 11.07 PM IST
Malaysian team to visit India to explore road projectsA Malaysian delegation will soon visit India to explore opportunities for investing in highway projects in public private partnership (PPP)...
07 May, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
Pact ready for seamless transit of vehicles in four SAARC nationsOnce implemented, the agreement will reduce the costly and time-consuming unloading and loading of people and goods at border crossing poin...
16 Mar, 2015, 04.39 PM IST
India to sign agreements for hassle-free visits to neighboursIn its effort to promote friendly ties with neighbours, India is set to sign agreements for hassle-free visits to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal...
27 Feb, 2015, 08.51 PM IST
Government to install electronic toll lane at each public plazaThere are 302 toll plazas on national highways now, of which about 95 are under the public-funded national highways.
22 May, 2014, 12.33 PM IST
NHAI, Planning Commission in fresh row over stalled road projectsIn the past too, Planning Commission and NHAI have fought as the pace of award of road contracts has slowed down.
09 May, 2014, 01.30 PM IST
Road construction takes twice time in NE: Union Transport secretaryThe implementation of road and infrastructure projects in North-East has been slow and the speed of completion has been almost half than th...
02 Aug, 2013, 07.24 PM IST
- Toll war: Minister supports Planning Commission, ministry opposes
Once again, the Planning Commission and the roads ministry are at loggerheads over increasing toll on highways.
25 Jun, 2012, 01.56 AM IST