Better port connectivity – Road ministry, NHAI to take up 82 highway projects

September 2016

Aiming at improving port connectivity in the country, the road transport ministry and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will together take ...

Tags: Road Transport Ministry, NHAI, Bharatmala project, Char Dham places, Nitin Gadkari, Central Government, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri, Gangotri

Rs 7,457 crore approved for highway projects in 11 states

September 2016

The government’s standing finance committee (SFC) has recently approved 16 highway projects worth Rs 7,456.88 crore for 622 km in 11 states. Of these...

Tags: SFC, BOT, BOT, Char Dham Yatra, DBFOT, Punjab border Jind section, SARDP-NE

Centre leapfrogs Uttarakhand govt on roads construction

November 2015

The Central Government will directly spend about Rs.12,000 crore to rebuild roads on Char Dham and Hemkund Saheb pilgrim routes in Uttarakhand which ...

Tags: Char Dham, Hemkund Saheb, Pilgrim Routes, Construction, Landslide Prone Zones, Tunnels, Bridges, Road Transport, National Highways, PK Maurya, Uttarakhand

Govt plans project to connect Char Dham

October 2015

The highways ministry is planning to connect Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri in Uttarakhand with 889 km of disaster-proof two-lane roads...

Tags: Highways, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, Yamunotri, Road stretches, EPC contractor projects, Char Dham

BRO to undertake Char Dham road construction

January 2014

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is likely to construct Char Dham roads instead of Uttarakhand Public Works Department (PWD). The state government got...

Tags: Char Dham, Road, Construction, PWD