The framework will enhance procedural efficiency while promoting innovation for safer, more durable, and costāefficient highway infrastructure. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has introduced a comprehensive framework to facilitate seamless sharing of national highway infrastructure and operations data with premier government research institutions. Announcing the initiative on Tuesday, NHAI said the framework will...
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The Economics of Road Safety
As India builds several kilometres of highways daily, road safety must move from the margins to the centre of national development to sustain the growth story, asserts Amit Thatte. Indiaās growth story is moving fast, but there is a hard truth we need to acknowledge. Every year, road crashes cost the country nearly 3 per...
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NHAI Expands Rajmargyatra App with Digital Local Pass and MargMitra Help Centre
These initiatives aim to make highway travel more seamless by eliminating manual documentation and providing faster commuter assistance. The national highways developer, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), has introduced citizenācentric āLocal Passesā and a digitally enabled āMargMitraā help centre on the Rajmargyatra mobile app. These initiatives aim to make highway travel more seamless by...
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NHAI Engages Consultants to Strengthen InvITāLed Highway O&M
The model aims to reinforce investor confidence and draw greater domestic and global investment into Indiaās national highway assets. The National Highways Infra Trust (NHIT), an InvIT sponsored by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), has engaged general management consultants (GMCs) to professionalise operations and maintenance (O&M) of national highway assets under its portfolio....
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NHAI to Empanel IITs for Independent Proof Checking of Bridge Designs
Major bridges, designed for a service life of 100 years or more, will undergo rigorous independent technical review before construction under this initiative. The national highways development agency, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will empanel Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and other reputed technical institutions to independently proofācheck hydraulic studies and design of...
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NHAI, NCAER Join Hands to Launch Indiaās First Centre for Transport Economics
Indiaās first permanent and independent research centre dedicated to the economics of transportation, mobility, and logistics aims to advance evidenceābased policymaking. The national highway development agency, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), has signed an MoU with the economic policy think tank, the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), to establish the NHAI...
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NHAI Finalises Highway Monetisation Plan for FY2026ā27
Seventeen highway assets across nine states have been identified, with the stretches forming key economic and logistics corridors marked by strong connectivity and established traffic potential. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the countryās apex highway development agency, has finalised a tentative list of national highway stretches proposed for monetisation under the tollāoperateātransfer (TOT)...
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Reflections for Safer Roads: The Science of Conspicuity
At the tipping point of a fundamental shift in urban road safety, Bhushan KudaleĀ highlights the most overlooked contributor: conspicuity. Every year, around 1.12 million people lose their lives globally in road traffic crashes, with nearly 50 million injured or disabled. International studies confirm a chilling reality: nearly half of all fatal crashes occur at night,...
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IRB Group Reports ā¹8.3 Billion FY2026 Toll Revenue, Secures 10% National Share
The groupās toll revenue for March 2026 reached ā¹783 million, up from ā¹649 million in March 2025, a robust 21 per cent yearāonāyear growth. Indiaās leading toll road concessionaire, IRB Groupācomprising IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd. and its two sponsored Infrastructure Investment Trusts, IRB Infrastructure Trust and IRB InvIT Fundāhas reported consolidated toll revenue of ā¹8.3...
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RAHSTA Roundtable Sets Agenda for Smarter, Safer Highways
Held on 12 March 2026 at Courtyard by Marriott, Mumbai, alongside the Infrastructure Today Airport Conclave, the RAHSTA Roundtable brought together stakeholders from across the highways and infrastructure ecosystem to shape the agenda for the 16th RAHSTA 2026, scheduled for 8ā9 July 2026 at the Jio Convention Centre, Mumbai. The session focused on key industry...