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Psychology says people who can’t tie their shoelaces but solve impossible math problems may have an advantage: The surprising reason our brains work this wayThe most important takeaway is that intelligence cannot be reduced to a single score or trait. It is a complex combination of different abi...
Airlines' fuel, vehicle replacement & roadways in focus as Cabinet announces key decisions worth Rs 30,290 croreThe Union Cabinet has approved significant development initiatives totaling Rs 30,290 crore. A key focus is providing Rs 10,000 crore in bu...
Road ministry to develop wayside amenities on private landAnticipating a need for more than 4000 such facilities, in addition to the 900 WSAs being developed on the government land along national h...
Two major rule changes being mulled for highway toll system, many commuters could soon gain bigThe Ministry of Road Transport has proposed toll exemptions for National Highways with fewer than four lanes, awaiting finance ministry app...
Need to add new highways, widen existing ones: Nitin GadkariThe Indian government plans to convert 25,000 km of high-traffic two-lane national highways to four lanes, investing ₹10 lakh crore over th...
Road ministry aims to construct record 13,813 km of highways in FY24The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) aims to create a national record by constructing 13,813 km of highways in the current f...
Rock classification of Silkyara-Barkot tunnel ranges from poor to very good: Nitin GadkariThe National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) is constructing the tunnel through Hyderabad-based Navayuga E...
Capex on National Highways increased from Rs 51,000 cr in FY14 to Rs 2,40,000 cr in FY23, Parliament toldUnion Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari said budgetary allocation of the road ministry has increased from about Rs 31,130 ...
Length of four-lane highways or above doubled in 10 yearsAs per official data, the total length of single-lane highway as on May 31 was 29,693 km, which was 21% of the entire 1.39 lakh km NH netwo...
NDA pips UPA-II in building roads, but most are 2 lanesConstruction figure for NDA’s full term would touch at least 39,000 km by March-end.
Government working to ensure fast tag lanes on fee plazasThe member suggested the GST collected on toll should be brought down to 15 from 18 per cent, to which Gadkari replied the matter was being...
Highway construction highest ever, but 45% short of targetWhile NHAI completed construction and expansion of 2,628 km of national highways (NH) till March 31, the ministry achieved widening of the ...
E-toll mop up rises 540 times as FASTags sell like hot tagsIn the past 20 days, toll collection through electronic mode increased by at least 540 times, according to NHAI data.
78% of national highways have only one or two lanesAccording to the report, just five states -Maharash tra, UP, Karnataka, West Bengal and Assam -account for 43% of the road network.
Government plans national highway grids for smooth travel; 27 corridors identifiedAll these stretches will be of four lanes and will provide more road space for seamless transport. The total length of these corridors is a...
National highways to grow by 50,000km in 6 monthsThis addition will be more than twice the length NDA-I had added in its 6 years and over three times of what UPA added in its 10-year rule.
Government to build bridges, rail over bridges under scheme to be named as Setu BharatamThe target is to build 210 rail over bridges in the next two years and about 400-500 bridges would be built as standalone projects.
PPP-Appraisal Committee clears projects worth Rs 7,595 croreSince its being set up in January 2006, the PPPAC has approved 272 central sector projects worth Rs 2,96,579.6 crore, the ministry said.
- Govt may set up Rs 1.2K cr fund to upgrade highways
In a move to expedite highway development, the ministry of shipping, road transport and highways has proposed a Rs 1,200-crore dedicated fu...
- Ministry pushes for two-laning of NHs with states help
The ministry of shipping, road transport and highways is preparing a cabinet note for two-laning of national highways with the assistance o...