Volatile fuel prices will reduce reliance on conventional fuels

September 2016

Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has announced big investments in India´s ports and roads sector. These investments...

Tags: Shipping, Road Transport, Highways, Nitin Gadkari, Infrastructure, Sagarmala, Cargotec India Pvt Ltd, Praveen Waychal, Road sector, Kalmar, LNG, Global Services of Italy, Reachstacker, Kalmar K-Motion, RAHUL KAMAT

Govt to open automobile clusters near ports

August 2016

Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari has said that the government is planning to develop automobile clusters near ...

Tags: Road Transport, Highways, Shipping, Nitin Gadkari, Sagarmala project, Investment, Port infrastructure, Port-Rail Connectivity corporation

Vishakhapatnam Port poised for expansion

August 2016

Vishakhapatnam Port is poised for major expansion, with the Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurating several pro...

Tags: Vishakhapatnam Port, Shipping, Road Transport, Highways, Nitin Gadkari, ABG Infra Logistics, Reconstruction

Centre selects Vadodara-Mumbai-JNPT Corridor for upgradation

August 2016

The Central government has selected the Vadodara to Mumbai National Highway corridor to be upgraded to an Expressway. The government has already appr...

Tags: Central government, Mumbai National Highway corridor, Shirsad-Panvel, Shirsad, IEBR, NHAI, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Gross Budgetary Support, Central Sector Roads, JNPT

Why is India neglecting its road bridges?

August 2016

It is an alarming call for the assessment of bridges in India, especially post the collapse of an 88-year-old bridge on the Mumbai-Goa highway. To ev...

Tags: Mumbai-Goa highway, BMIS, Union road transport ministry, Maharashtra Public Works Department, Road bridges

Multimodal logistics parks to come up

August 2016

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has set up a Logistics Efficiency Enhancement Programme, under which it is developing multimodal logistic...

Tags: Ministry of Road Transport, Highways, Logistics Efficiency Enhancement Programme, Multimodal logistics parks, Automobile Pollution

How are potholes adding to the country’s death toll?

August 2016

Stats have it: The year 2015 witnessed a massive 10,727 deaths due to crashes caused by potholes, speed breakers and roads that were under repair or ...

Tags: Crashes, Maharashtra, Surface Transport Ministry Road Accidents report, Civic body, Sewerage, Stormwater drainage systems, Construction, Road Transport Ministry, Rules of Road Regulation

Indian investment in highways and ports

August 2016

The government has allocated a total Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) of Rs.46,834 crore including cess and toll remittance for 2016-17 for the Ministry...

Tags: Gross Budgetary Support, Ministry of Road Transport, Highways, IEBR, Ministry of Shipping, GBS