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.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded projects for a total cumulative length of 1,330 km in the current financial year. The projects awarded so far are 1.6 times higher of 828 km awarded in FY 2019-20 and 3.5 times higher of 373 km awarded in FY 2018-19 during the same period.

In a bid to further improve the ease of doing business, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has acceded to most of the suggestions made by the industry body, Consulting Engineers Association of India (CEAI).

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has invited bids for the fifth bundle of national highway projects under toll-operate-transfer (TOT) in the State of Gujarat.

In a major bid to resolve issues and increase the pace of construction of highway projects, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has agreed to most of the suggestions made by the National Highways Builders Federation (NHBF) related to project delivery.

The launch of the Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes-Ports (SAROD-Ports) is a much-needed alternative step to resolve and reduce the disputes in the ports sector in less time and a cost-effective manner, according to the rating agency ICRA.

Secretary Road Transport & Highways, Giridhar Aramane has called upon stakeholders to favourably consider the potential of the infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) for expanding the investor group.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has taken strict action against the defaulting firms on the unfortunate accident during the launching of girders on February 16, at the new four-lane bridge over River Ganga at downstream of Farakka Barrage including approaches connecting the Farakka-Raiganj section of National Highway (NH)-34 in West Bengal, leading to two casualties.

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has surpassed its target for the construction of national highways in the country till the past weekend.