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India LPG consumption slides 13% amid West Asia conflictIndia's LPG consumption plummeted by 13% in March due to West Asia conflict-induced supply disruptions. Despite government efforts to boost...19 Apr, 2026, 12.08 PM IST- Road ministry to compensate for price hike and volatility in commodity prices to contractorsHighway contractors will now receive payments monthly. The government has shortened the price adjustment period to one month. This aims to ...02 Apr, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
- Word of the day: BitumenBitumen meaning: Bitumen, a sticky black substance, builds our modern world. Ancient civilizations used it for boats and buildings. Today, ...06 Mar, 2026, 08.02 PM IST
- From smog to streets: How crop waste blamed for Delhi’s pollution could soon build roadsDelhi Pollution News: Scientists at CSIR-CRRI have developed a bio-bitumen technology converting farm residue into road material, a signifi...08 Jan, 2026, 04.38 PM IST
- Bitumen demand surges 47% in August as road construction activity picks upBitumen demand in India rebounded sharply in August, surging 47% after a monsoon-induced slump in previous months, driven by renewed road c...19 Sep, 2025, 11.31 PM IST
- Govt to allow up to 35% bio-bitumen mixing, to save Rs 10,000 cr of foreign exchange outflowsUnion Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari declared that the government would allow a 35% blend of lignin with petroleum-based bitumen to ...07 Aug, 2024, 04.10 PM IST
- On the way: Production of Bitumen using biomassIndia plans to produce bio-bitumen from biomass to reduce imports and tackle stubble burning issues in road construction.18 Jun, 2024, 12.37 AM IST
- Bitumen sales hit 10-year high in FY24"Road construction activity is in full swing. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) constructed 12,349 km of national highway...08 May, 2024, 11.39 PM IST
- Praj Industries has announced development of technology to produce lignin based bio-bitumenLignin is one of the co-products resulting from the 2nd generation ethanol plants, paper making and also from compressed biogas plants. Bit...18 May, 2021, 02.03 PM IST
- Bring down cost of road construction without compromising on quality: Gadkari to industryGadkari also urged the industry to increase the use of plastic and rubber wastes in road construction, besides encouraging the use of waste...10 Sep, 2020, 06.25 PM IST
- Indian Oil builds a road to tackle plastic menaceIndian Oil has built 850 metres of road using 16 metric tonnes of single-use plastic waste.03 Oct, 2019, 06.06 PM IST
- After introducing ingenious plastic-reuse mechanism in road construction, Bengaluru is now falling behind2015 was the last time plastic was used for road-building in Bengaluru, discover ET.02 Sep, 2019, 11.25 AM IST
- Upasi pitches for roads laid with rubber bitumenAccording to Upasi, there is huge potential for use of rubberised bitumen in road laying and the attempts made in the past on this has show...26 Jul, 2016, 04.04 PM IST
- A concrete caseThere's merit in Kamal Nath's concrete option for expressways.19 Jan, 2010, 05.57 AM IST
- Kamal Nath casts in concrete plan for laying fresh roadsTransport minister Kamal Nath on Thursday said the government may look at using cement for constructing over 18,000 km of expressways in th...15 Jan, 2010, 04.30 AM IST
- Crude price rise hits road building costsEver wondered whether the movement of crude oil prices on the world’s top bourses have a bearing on the roads you drive on?28 May, 2007, 03.25 AM IST
- Now, highways too go greent is now time for Indian roads to turn environment-friendly. With the use of waste plastic for road construction particularly in bitumen, I...16 Oct, 2006, 12.52 AM IST
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