The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) issued a notification on May 22 specifying the emission norms for L7 or quadricycle category under Bharat Stage (BS)-VI.

In an interaction with INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Devendra Kumar Sharma, Business Unit Head, Roads, Bridges & Ports, Tata Projects Ltd, highlights the things that would help achieve the government's ambitious road capacity addition target.

While the waterfront of a port is difficult to alter, mechanisation of terminals can be done easily, and is central to turnaround strategies, says Jagannarayan Padmanabhan, Practise Leader & Director, Transport & Logistics, CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory.

Over 7 million FASTags have been issued to date, with the highest issuance of 135,583 tags taking place on November 26.

Achievers from the world of construction, contracting, engineering and building materials were felicitated for their outstanding contribution at the India Construction Festival (ICF) 2019 held recently in New Delhi.

Ever since the enforcement of the new Land Acquisition Act, the cost of land has become a major component of the total project cost. Hence, there is a need for re-thinking on the issue of reducing the extent of land acquisition.

The PMO has raised concerns about the rising debt levels in NHAI. The awarded large projects were under the EPC and BOT HAM models.

Until there is a realignment of development models, there is a high chance that the award of projects may remain muted for the current year as well. If that happens, India is likely to witness a dip in road capacity addition over subsequent years.

With project delays costing India's exchequer more than Rs 3 trillion, the time has come for the government to review and update, and match the contractual nuances with global practices.