2,816 km road projects to link coastal, border areas

March 2016

The government has awarded contracts for 2,816 km road projects in states like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Bihar under its ambitious Bharatmala pr...

Tags: National Highways Authority of India, Road projects

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

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

Rs.2 lakh cr for Maha road projects

February 2016

A total of Rs.2 lakh crore will be spent on expanding as well as building new roads in Maharashtra in next five years, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari s...

Tags: Nitin Gadkari, Building, Maharashtra, Kashedi-Parshuram Ghat section, Hatkhamba junction, Transport, Maha road projects

Outlook 2016 Positive

January 2016

IMF economists predict 7.9 per cent GDP growth for India in 2016, subject to continuity of investments in infrastructure and implementation of signif...

Tags: IMF, Excon 2015, Construction Equipment, Road Projects, Concrete Paving, Ports, Airports, Irrigation, Infrastructure, CE Components, Green Environment, LiuGong Machinery Group

Road projects under PPP

January 2016

The road transport and highways ministry has lined up projects worth Rs 50,000 crore to be awarded under public-private partnership (PPP) mode in 201...

Tags: Road Projects, PPP, Highways Projects

Govt to raise Rs.3 lakh crore from fuel cess for road projects

January 2016

The government will require at least Rs.3 lakh crore to implement the proposed new highway development programmes including Bharat Mala...

Tags: Bharat Mala, Road Projects, Fuel

State govt in dark on BKC bullet train terminal

January 2016

The government will require at least Rs.3 lakh crore to implement the proposed new highway development programmes including Bharat Mala...

Tags: Bharat Mala, Road Projects, Fuel