The National Highways Authority of India has introduced a comprehensive rating system for assessing performance of the concessionaires engaged in the development and maintenance of the national highways across the country. The idea is to enhance accountability and set new benchmarks in quality construction and management of national highways and provide a safer, smoother, and … Read more
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to change the alignment of package 3 of the East Coast Road (ECR) from Marakkanam. Of the total length of 46 km, 30.8 km from Koonimedu to Aliyur will be a greenfield access-controlled stretch that allows motorists to clock up to 100 kmph. The road runs 15.2 … Read more
New Delhi: The government has directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to focus on upgrading the existing national highways, amid increasing concerns over their maintenance and upkeep. It marks a shift from the current practice of the NHAI focusing solely on the development of new highways and expressways under the Bharatmala Pariyojana and … Read more
NHAI officials along with local residents inspecting the traffic situation on the Tiruchi-Karur National Highway passing through Thiruparaithurai near Tiruchi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The road safety consultant of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will soon study the prevailing traffic situation at Thiruparaithurai on Tiruchi-Karur National Highway in the wake … Read more
India will hike road toll charges across the country by 3-5% from Monday, officials said, after putting the annual increase on hold in April due to the country’s general elections. Toll charges in India are revised annually in line with inflation and highway operators put notices in local newspapers announcing hikes of 3% to 5% … Read more
A toll gate on a highway. | Photo Credit: BASHKARAN N Starting April 1, as part of its annual revision, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has raised toll rates on the access-controlled Bengaluru-Mysuru and Bengaluru-Hyderabad highways, and on the Hoskote-Devanahalli section of the Bengaluru Satellite Town Ring Road (STRR). On the Bengaluru-Mysuru access-controlled … Read more
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded two toll, operate and transfer (TOT) bundles 11 and 12 of a combined length of 400 km for Rs 6,584 crore, which is Rs 553 crore higher than the bids received in the first round that was later called off by the government. TOT model has … Read more
National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) aims to monetise 1,987 kilometres (km) of highways in 2023-24 through ‘toll operate transfer’ and infrastructure investment trust (InvITs) modes, people familiar with the development said. The highways body has lined up 30 National Highway sections as part of the plan, with the 124-km Trichy-Thuvarankurichi-Madurai (Tamil Nadu) section being … Read more
The bribe was allegedly sought in connection with a project in the Bangalore Chennai Expressway package. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru has provisionally attached a sum of ₹20 lakh, which was found in the office of Akil Ahmed, Regional Officer, NHAI, Bengaluru, under provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering … Read more
Union Minister of State for Tourism G. Kishan Reddy has urged Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to ensure that the State government deposited before March-end 50 per cent of its share for acquiring land for the Regional Ring Road with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). In a letter to Mr. Rao, the Minister … Read more