Southeast Asias longest tunnel at Zojila pass in J&K to be built at an estimated Rs 10,050 crore 

February 2016

With an objective to deliver all-weather connectivity to the Leh-Ladakh region, the Indian Government is all set to begin the work on Rs 10,050 crore...

Tags: Leh-Ladakh region, Zojila pass tunnel project, National Highway Projects, Vijay Chhibber, Road Transport, Highways Secretary, IRB Infrastructure, Road tunnel, Indian Government

Picking Up Pace

February 2016

After a slew of reforms, the roads and highways sector is gradually stepping it up again. Up until a year ago, progress in road construction had beco...

Tags: Highways, Road, Construction, BOT Projects, Hybrid Annuity Model, National Highways Authority of India, NHAI, PPP Project, Arun Karambelkar, HCC, EPC Road Projects, Raghav Chandra, Ramesh Palagiri, Wirtgen India Pvt Ltd, Shalabh Chaturvedi

We are prepared to meet the sudden surge of equipment requirements.

February 2016

With its complete range of road construction equipment and expertise in compaction and paving applications, Atlas Copco is set to deliver higher qual...

Tags: Hiten Kapadia, Atlas Copco India Ltd, Roads, Highways, Infrastructure, Dynapac, Tandem Rollers

Committee to clear stalled road projects

February 2016

The Road Transport and Highways Ministry has proposed setting up an empowered committee to clear stuck road projects...

Tags: Road Transport, Highways Ministry, Road Projects, Nitin Gadkari

Nod for 12 State highways turning into six-lane NHs

February 2016

The Centre, in principle, has agreed to declare 12 state highways as national highways ...

Tags: State Highways Turning, Six-Lane NHs, NHAI

Rs.80,000 cr sought for highway expansion plan

February 2016

The Road Transport And Highways Ministry has sought over Rs 80,000 crore from the Finance Ministry to fuel its highway expansion plan in the fiscal y...

Tags: Road Transport, Highways Ministry, Highway Expansion Plan, Bharat Mala Project

Scania hosts conference

February 2016

Scania Commercial Vehicles India hosted a multi-stakeholder conference on sustainability, where Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highwa...

Tags: Scania Commercial Vehicles India, Nitin Gadkari, Road Transport, Highways, Stefan Palskog, Scania India, Mikael Benje

Waking up to New Demand

February 2016

The demand for crawler dozers is expected to be driven by the various government-sponsored infrastructure projects coming up in the country, and the ...

Tags: Crawler Dozers, Infrastructure Projects, Highways, Metro, Akash Shukla, Construction Equipment, Clean India project, Caterpillar, GMMCO, Tractors India Ltd, NBFCs, Roll Over Protection Structure, Falling Object Protection System, Make in India, Bharat Mala