Road transport in passenger segment to be opened up: FinMin

March 2016

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Union Budget 2016-17, announced the government will open the road transport in passenger segment to the private ...

Tags: Arun Jaitley, Road transport, Passenger, Motor Vehicle Act, STU

Govt. to invest Rs.25k cr in Assam

March 2016

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said the Centre would invest Rs.25,000 crore for developing roads, bridges and waterways in ...

Tags: Road Transport, Highways, Nitin Gadkari, Roads, Bridges, Waterways, NHAI, PWD, NHIDC

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

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.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

Rs.50,000 cr projs sanctioned for TN

February 2016

The Centre had sanctioned Rs.50,000 crore for infrastructure projects in the State, said Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Niti...

Tags: Infrastructure Projects, Road Transport, Highways, Shipping, Nitin Gadkari

Government to award Rs.28,000 crore highway projects

January 2016

The government plans to award Rs 28,000 crore worth of highways development projects in the current fiscal under the newly conceived hybrid annuity m...

Tags: Highways development projects, Hybrid annuity model, PPP model, Road transport, Highways Ministry, Infrastructure, Hybrid model