India’s road network is ahead of China’s & second only to the USA! India’s road network is second to the USA in the whole world. It is way ahead of China’s road network! No wonder several road asset funds are looking towards the National Highways Authority of India’s Asset Monetisation Plan. India’s road network is over...
Category: Roads & Highways
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Will the Road construction target be achieved in 2023-24?
The road sector is suffering from immobility! Surprised? The road sector is suffering from immobility! Surprised? Let us say that it has landed in a standstill spot. Its ability to construct beyond 40 km per day is probably 15% as the rate at which we have seen the construction get executed has always been between...
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PM GatiShakti’s NPG recommends six infrastructure projects
Six infrastructure projects have been suggested by the Network Planning Group (NPG) under PM GatiShakti. The six projects, one from MNRE, three from the Ministry of Railways, and two from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, were assessed by NPG during a meeting, which then recommended them. The comprehensive development of these projects would...
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Technologies Empowering the Right Pace of Road Construction
Road sector is adopting and implementing innovative technologies. The road sector is seeing adoption and implementation of innovative technologies with durable roads being a priority. In order to bear the increasing traffic load, and overcome various challenges, the sector will have to develop new materials, processes and technologies to set the right pace of construction....
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Early completion of package-2 is a vindication of our engineering capabilities
– R Anantakumar, Director (Ops) & Urban Infra BU Head, Afcons Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg or Nagpur-Mumbai Super Communication Expressway Project is a major step towards realising the Prime Minister’s vision of improved connectivity and infrastructure across the country. The 701 km expressway being built at a cost of about INR 55,000 crore...
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Today the road sector is much more mature and robust
A candid interview with experienced financier PR Jaishankar, MD, IIFCL PR Jaishankar, MD, India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd. (IIFCL), an experienced financier helming the infrastructure financing affairs, shares his deep thoughts on the latest progress, the pace of road development, new strategies carried out by IIFCL to speed up the infra projects, and much more from...
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Where are the orders?
Data from the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) showed that only 4,766 km of the targeted 12,000 km of highways for FY23 had been built from April to November. Pratap Padode, Editor-in-Chief, Construction World worries as we step into 2023… Highway construction this year is even slower than 2020 – the first year of the...
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A Seamless Movement of People, Goods and Services
Various expressways are already under construction, says Kiran Shetty Since the announcement of master plan, the humdrum of the wheels of industry and manufacturing sector are resounding across India’s corridors, as they move with renewed spirit. Plan to develop 22 Greenfield Expressways is underway with various expressways already under construction, says Kiran Shetty, CEO, Conserve...
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Morbi Collapse: A Commoner’s Perspective!
The recently collapsed suspension bridge in Morbi was erected a century back, during the British era, a period that gave us numerous infrastructural edifices that still stands strong in many cases. After enduring the load of the locals for all these years, the government officials eventually decided to refurbish this bridge and in March 2022...
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Gadkari to lay foundation stone for many highway works
Gadkari to relaunch widening work for NH 75 after 6 years As National Highway infrastructure in coastal Karnataka continues to stay terrible despite BJP’s claim of having double engine governments for development in Karnataka, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will be in Mangaluru on Monday to lay the foundation stone for many highway works, comprising...