Tag: National Highways Authority of India

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Odisha govt proposes port connectivity projects

Odisha govt proposes port connectivity projects

Odisha government proposed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to upgrade road connectivity to six non-major ports in Astarang, Baliharchandi, Gopalpur, Dhamra, Chudamani and Subarnarekha. It may be recalled that in February 2012, the Odisha government awarded the contract for feasibility studies for four-lane connectivity to these non-major ports to two cons

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Delays reflect NHAI’s deficiency in planning: Panel

Delays reflect NHAI’s deficiency in planning: Panel

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport has said in its latest report that National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) delay in completing projects like Golden Quadrilateral, reflects either tardy planning or deficiency in execution. NHAI is not in a position to complete any project and is adding projects after projects without achieving targets in older ones, the report said.

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Slowdown hits NHAIÂ’s projects

Slowdown hits NHAIÂ’s projects

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) awarded a whopping 49 projects totalling 7,500 km last fi nancial year. But this fi scal, in the fi rst six months, the authority has managed to award just four projects measuring 560 km. NHAI attributes this situation to eco-denomic slowdown. Infrastructure companies, who grabbed every road project on offer last fi scal, are now not showing interest to take up these projects. None of the projects awarded last fi scal was on engineering, procuremen

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Slowdown hits NHAI’s projects in this fiscal

Slowdown hits NHAI’s projects in this fiscal

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) awarded a whopping 49 projects totalling 7,500 km last financial year. but this fiscal, in the first six months, the authority has managed to award just four projects measuring 560 km. NHAI attributes this situation to economic slowdown.

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NHAI to spend Rs 9,000 cr on projects

NHAI to spend Rs 9,000 cr on projects

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is likely to spend at least Rs 9,000 crore in construction of two-and-half lane highways and this would be a breather to highway developers who were facing acute equity crunch.

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Bracing Up

Bracing Up

Since we're in December, it's probably a good time to look back at the year. The 6.9 per cent quarterly growth figures for the previous quarter come in the year's sunset month, and the fiscal year's growth is now downgraded to about 7.3 per cent.