Govt doubles highways target in next fiscal

March 2017

The government has set a target of constructing 15,000 km of highways in the next financial year, 50 per cent more than that in the current fiscal. T...

Tags: Road transport, Highways ministry, Budget 2017-18, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Gadkari promises more roads worth Rs 50,000 crore to Arunachal Pradesh

January 2017

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has promised more road projects worth Rs 50,000 crore to Arunachal Pradesh that will inc...

Tags: Road Transport, Highways, Nitin Gadkari, Road projects, East-west industrial corridor highway

Odisha can revitalise its steel industry

January 2017

Odisha has played a pivotal role in the emergence and growth of the steel industry in the country. Blessed with abundant iron ore, the state made rap...

Tags: Rita Singh, Mesco Group, Economist Galbraith, Steel industry, Make in India, Strategic Industry, Building of transport infrastructure, Ports, Railways, Highways, Government of Odisha, Road transportation, FMG, DMF, NMET

Indo-Bhutan highway planned

January 2017

The Assam government is in talks with the Union Ministry of Highways, Road Transport and Shipping to draw up a roadmap for connecting India with Bhut...

Tags: Assam government, Union Ministry of Highways, Road Transport, Shipping, Assam BTAD, Sarbananda Sonowal

Gadkari inaugurates Sagarmala Development Company

January 2017

Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the Sagarmala project will fetch nearly Rs 12-15-lakh crore of capital inv...

Tags: Shipping, Road Transport, Highways, Sagarmala Development Company

Towards Stable Roads

January 2017

Indian road infrastructure is undergoing phenomenal growth for the past 15 years and will continue to grow at higher rates in coming years under the ...

Tags: Indian Road Infrastructure, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, CIPR, CTB, AUSTROADS, GSB layer, NHAI, Construction, Stabilisation Equipment, Tyre rollers, Ben WH James, GRT India

Gadkari inaugurates Sagarmala Development Company, identifies projects worth Rs 8 lakh crore

December 2016

Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the Sagarmala project will fetch nearly Rs 12-15-lakh crore of capital inv...

Tags: Shipping, Road Transport, Highways, Nitin Gadkari, Sagarmala project, Port-led development plan, Investments

Shipshape Strategy

December 2016

The Centre is preparing a multimodal transport hub plan to integrate roads, railways, air and water ports....

Tags: Multimodal transport hub, Air and water ports, Nitin Gadkari, Roads, Railways, Highways, Shipping, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari, National Waterways