From cost overruns and procedural hurdles to technology-driven savings and timely execution, Bharatmala Pariyojana demonstrates how adaptive infrastructure ensures efficiency and future readiness, explains Shailesh Agarwal. The Bharatmala Pariyojana, launched in 2017, was conceptualised as a nationwide highway development initiative to optimise freight and passenger movement. In its first phase, the programme aimed to develop...
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RAHSTA Forum sets the stage for groundbreaking discussions in roads infra
Mumbai, August 30, 2024 – The second RAHSTA Forum 2024, held on August 30 at Hotel Sahara Star, has successfully set the stage for the highly anticipated RAHSTA Expo 2024. This prelude event brought together industry leaders, innovators, and key stakeholders to engage in insightful discussions, setting the tone for what promises to be a...
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Why India’s Roads are racing into Global Infra Asset Plans
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...
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Rs 90k cr Delhi-Mumbai expressway to be ready by 2023
The eight-lane expressway will have a provision to be expanded to 12 lane
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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.
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NHAI eyeing 5,000-5,200 km of projects by the end of fiscal
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to award 10-15 per cent more projects this year compared to FY16, said Yudhvir Singh Malik, Chairman of NHAI. Malik said he is looking at awarding closer to 5,000-5,200 kilometres of projects by the end of the fiscal year.
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NHAI cancels Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway tender
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has cancelled the December 6 tender for the six-laning of the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway without assigning any reason, raising doubts about the future of the ambitious project, according to a news report.
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Foreign funds allowed to bid for Toll-Operate-Transfer projects
The Centre has approved the monetisation of public funded, operational National Highway projects that are generating toll revenue for at least two years after start of operations through the Toll-Operate-Transfer Model.
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CW Annual Awards | India´s Fastest Growing Construction Companies Unveiled and Awarded
Mumbai: Seventeen winners, 300 attendees, and for the first time, the CW Annual Awards went live and recorded an online viewership of over 3,500 from India and across the world. This was the 14th Construction World Annual Awards 2016, organised on October 21st at Hotel Four Seasons in Mumbai.
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MAKE IN(fra) INDIA
Though the Centre has chalked out ambitious infrastructure plans, a multi-rate GST, and the DND toll cancellation issue, may dampen the spirit of the infra industry. Union Minister for Road Transport and Shipping Nitin Jairam Gadkari´s well laid out plans to kick start an infrastructure boom in India