In its effort to improve the quality of roads, the state-owned builder of expressways under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to undertake performance assessment and ranking of highways in the country.

Intending to facilitate investment in the roads & highways sector, the state-owned builder of expressways under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is in the process of setting up an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT).

Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of State for Steel has assured the industry that the government was taking all necessary steps to reduce the logistics cost in India help the end users.

In its endeavour for faster settlement of claims to reduce liabilities the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the state-owned builder of expressways under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, has rigorously started the process of conciliation by constituting three Conciliation Committees of Independent Experts (CCIE) of three members each.

The state-owned builder of expressways under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has gone fully digital, with the launch of unique cloud-based and artificial intelligence (AI) powered big data analytics platform, Data Lake and Project Management Software.

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has directed its regional officers (ROs) and project directors (PDs) to undertake maintenance of the National Highways on top priority, considering the ensuing monsoon season.

The extended lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, which has stalled traffic on the ground as in the air, is expected to heap enormous losses on infrastructure industries in both sectors.

The announcement of a fiscal stimulus package of Rs 20 trillion, constituting nearly 10 per cent of India's GDP, is truly a shot in the arm for the economy.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had expected to construct about 500km of roads in March, but that could not happen after the COVID-19 pandemic forced a nationwide lockdown.