The MoU provides specialised consultancy and technical support for highway and infrastructure projects across the Northeast and other strategic regions. RITES Ltd, a multidisciplinary engineering and consultancy organisation under the Ministry of Railways, has signed an MoU with National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corp. Ltd (NHIDCL) to provide specialised consultancy and technical support for highway...
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NHAI Tightens AI-Machine Construction Norms
New Delhi: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has significantly tightened its framework for Automated and Intelligent Machine-Aided Construction (AI-MC), introducing provisions that could directly affect contractor payments, equipment deployment and digital ownership of highway project data. Under Policy Circular No. 11.109/2026 dated August 28, 2026, mandatory AI-MC deployment has been rationalised to highway...
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NHAI Launches Framework to Share Highway Data with IITs, NITs and CSIRâCRRI
The framework will enhance procedural efficiency while promoting innovation for safer, more durable, and costâefficient 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. Indiaâs 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 citizenâcentric âLocal Passesâ and a digitally enabled âMargMitraâ 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 InvITâLed Highway O&M
The model aims to reinforce investor confidence and draw greater domestic and global investment into Indiaâs 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 proofâcheck hydraulic studies and design of...
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NHAI, NCAER Join Hands to Launch Indiaâs First Centre for Transport Economics
Indiaâs first permanent and independent research centre dedicated to the economics of transportation, mobility, and logistics aims to advance evidenceâbased 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 FY2026â27
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 countryâs apex highway development agency, has finalised a tentative list of national highway stretches proposed for monetisation under the tollâoperateâtransfer (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 Kudale 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,...