Lower award target for FY2019 puts ambitious Bharatmala programme on challenging terrain

May 2018

The Ministry of Road Transportation & Highways (MORTH) has fixed a lower award target of around 20,000 km of National Highways for FY2019 from 25,000...

Tags: MORTH, CAGR, ICRA report, Bharatmala Pariyojana, RoW, EPC projects, Shubham Jain, RoW, DPR

Rs 19,435 crore toll projects maybe at risk

April 2018

The Bharatmala network designed on the shortest possible route connecting the origin and destination, though a well thought through and definitely a ...

Tags: Bharatmala network, ICRA, Bharatmala Pariyojana, Shubham Jain

Technology Meets Opportunity

April 2018

Rs 1.2 trillion investment in roads and highways; extension of 3.17 lakh km of rural roads; 35,000 km highway construction under Bharatmala Pariyojan...

Tags: Investment, Bharatmala Pariyojana scheme, Raj Shrivastav, Crushing, Screening, HMAP, TIL, SP Rajan, Plant, Machinery, Roads, Runways, Elevated Corridors, Ajay Tripathi, Nilang Asphalt Equipments

Ambitious Target

March 2018

The initiatives that will have a direct bearing on the pace of execution include awarding projects after securing 80 per cent right of way, expeditin...

Tags: Bearing, ROB, RUB, MoRTH, EPC mode, CRF, GBS, Shubham Jain, ICRA Ltd, Bharatmala Pariyojana, RFCTLARR, NHDP, NHAI, IECV, EPC

KNR Constructions bags Rs 1,021-cr NHAI project in TN

March 2018

KNR Constructions has won a Rs 1,021-crore highway project from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in Tamil Nadu. The company has secured it...

Tags: KNR Constructions, Hybrid Annuity Project, NHAI, Bharatmala Pariyojana programme

Bidders with access to low cost debt likely gainers in TOT auctions

March 2018

The first bundle of highway projects to be awarded through the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) route involving 10 stretches – six highways along the East...

Tags: TOT, IECV, Shubham Jain, ICRA, NHAI, IECV, Bharatmala Pariyojana

Road Widening Under Progress

March 2018

The last two decades witnessed highway infrastructure being developed on a massive scale in the country. Now the government has unveiled another huge...

Tags: Bharatmala Pariyojana, HAM, GBS, CRF, EPC, Shubham Jain, Ashoka Buildcon, Satish Parakh, IRB Infrastructure Developers, NHAI, Sudhir Hoshing, BOT, Binaifer Jehani, IECV, NHAI

Budget Reactions | Contractors

February 2018

The Union Budget 2018 has struck a fine balance between fiscal prudence and providing growth boosters to the economy. It is a progressive budget and ...

Tags: Union Budget 2018, Agriculture, Infrastructure, Bharatmala Pariyojana, NHAI, TOT, Feedback Infra Vinayak Chatterjee, TOT, InvITs, Special Purpose Vehicles, UDAN, BL Kashyap & Sons, Vineet Kashyap, Real estate, Construction