National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is considering to drag union environment ministry to the court because of delay in granting environment clearance for road projects. It may be noted that recently road developer GMR Infrastructure withdrew from the contract to develop a meg
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NHAI raps GMR over termination notice for h’way project
GMR has been rapped by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for its termination notice for the country's biggest highway project worth at least Rs 6,000 crore.
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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
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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Four projects get NHAI’s extension for funding
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has given a breather to four companies which are on the verge of losing their contracts. Several projects of NHAI have been facing failure to achieve financial closure.
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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
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 let firms to start projects after land acquisition
The National Highways Authority of India ( NHAI) has decided on rolling out projects only after the contract companies have substantial land required for the project and are given environmental clearance.
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More conditions to get bank funds for road projects
The Union Finance Ministry has cited some suggestions as part of its attempts to improve the risk management practices of the public sector banks (PSBs) with regard to the roads sector.
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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.