Minister was speaking at webinar on road development as part of NIP
Category: Roads & Highways
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Work commences on India’s longest river bridge between Assam and Meghalaya
The 19 km bridge that will be built between Dhubri in Assam to Phulbari in Meghalaya will provide a third alternative link to the states of Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura from Assam.
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Gadkari inaugurates Koilwar Bridge over River Sone in Bihar, announces several new projects
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the three-lane 1.5 km long Koilwar bridge over River Sone in Bihar through video conferencing on Thursday.
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MoRTH inks MoU with Austria on technology cooperation in road infra
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Federal Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology of the Republic of Austria on technology cooperation in the road infrastructure sector on Wednesday.
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KBL fire-fighting pump sets Atal Tunnel project
Kirloskar Brothers KBL) has supplied which is the world’s longest motorable tunnel. The fire-fighting pump sets for deployment along the 9-km tunnel situated at Rohtang, Manali, in Himachal Pradesh was opened to public by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier month.
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Nearly 200 engineering colleges opt for scheme to adopt National Highway stretches
In a significant development, nearly 200 reputed engineering colleges located across the country have opted for the scheme to adopt stretches of National Highways.
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Opinion: Connect missing dots in Indian infrastructure sector for faster recovery
In the months to come, India can undoubtedly pick a few lessons from China and with appropriate
improvisations lead the way to making policy changes that bring in a radical change in the ease of doing
business as well as supplying its domestic needs and international demands. By DR. POORNIMA
ADVANI
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L&T Construction Wins Contract to Build India’s Longest River Bridge
The construction arm of Indian engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) to services multinational, Larsen & Toubro has secured a large contract to construct the country’s longest road bridge across River Brahmaputra.
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FASTag Made Mandatory for All 4-Wheeled Vehicles from January 2021
Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has issued a notification making FASTag mandatory to be available by January 1, 2021, in old vehicles also, i.e., ‘M’ and ‘N’ category of motor vehicles or four-wheelers sold before December 1, 2017, through amendments in Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989.
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Look at ways of reducing cost of government projects: Gadkari
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways & Micro, Medium and Small Enterprises (MSME), Nitin Gadkari has urged the country’s construction sector to devise ways to keep costs of government projects low even while leveraging the latest digitalisation technologies.