A recent post by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in its newly created Facebook wall reads "The road to success is always under construction". For most of the industry watchdogs,
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Case Study: The North East challenge
Building roads in the North-East, as many infrastructure firms are discovering, is literally an uphill task. S S Raju shares experiences about local issues and the suggestions for resolving them.
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4th Annual India Roads 2011: Cost Cannot Determine Safety
The 4th India Roads Conference 2011 (29-20 June) drew the attention of top industry houses, policymakers and independent consultants, researchers and analysts. With a potent and topical theme (road safety),
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NHAI aims 7,300 km in 2011-12
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has set a target to award construction contracts for 7,300 km of roads in 2011-12.
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Expertspeak: Engineering measures for Forgiving Roads
It is only recently that concrete recommendations have been accepted by MORTH for enforcing safety measures.
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Vox pop: Independent road safety body needed for enforcement: Experts
Although nearly everyone agrees that road safety rests in books alone, and that very little of it is practised on Indian roads, the more concerning fact is that not much is being done even now.
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Road safety policy: Diluted but a good step forward
The opportunities for the infrastructure industries, especially those in road management, training, construction and maintenance, are brewing and will soon be a major activity, as an Act is on the anvil soon to promote road safety.
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Road safety infra: Towards a mission in safety
The patronage of road transport will continue to dominate the transport scene in India as in the rest of the world, with serious implications on safety unless infrastructure is made safe.
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Good response to NHAI annual pre-qual
As a major initiative that could cut short the bidding process of highway projects by two months, NHAI's scheme for annual pre-qualification of bidders has received a huge response.
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Race for highway projects
For the 100 projects with a total length of 11,000 km NHAI plans to award in the coming fiscal, existing highway developers are expected to up the ante and newer players set to join the race.