NEW DELHI: A landslide hit the Chandigarh-Manali highway near Manali in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday.This comes as Himachal Pradesh is reeling under heavy rain and flash floods.In a video shared by news agency PTI, a large chunk of the mountain was seen crumbling down.Meanwhile, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has launched urgent restoration…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 30% of private cars and jeeps taking the Delhi-Chandigarh highway are using the FASTag Annual Pass, which is three-fold higher than the share of the new scheme for toll payments across the NH network in the country.“We are hopeful that the number of private cars and jeeps buying the annual pass will…
PM Modi inaugurates Dwarka Expressway’s Delhi section and UER-II projects Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated two major highway projects worth nearly Rs 11,000 crore in Delhi-NCR. The 10.1-km Delhi section of the Dwarka Expressway and the Alipur–Dichaon Kalan stretch of Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) were given the greenlight on August 17 afternoon in…
NEW DELHI: : Around 580 National Highway (NH) projects with total cost of nearly Rs 3.9 lakh crore are delayed and another 200 projects worth Rs 1.6 lakh crore are yet to take off months after they were bid out.Delay in land acquisition, issues relating to contractors and pending statutory clearances have been identified as…
Highway Infrastructure IPO: टोल कलेक्शन और ईपीसी इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर में लगी कंपनी हाईवे इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर (HIL) का आईपीओ आज से खुल रहा है. रिटेल निवेशकों के लिए बोली लगाने का आखिरी मौका 7 अगस्त, 2025 तक है. 130 करोड़ रुपये का यह आईपीओ ग्रे मार्केट में 57 परसेंट की बढ़त के साथ कारोबार कर रहा है. आईपीओ…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of roads has implemented stricter qualification requirements for bidding on road projects under hybrid annuity model (HAM) and engineering, construction and procurement (EPC) mode. These enhanced criteria aim to ensure superior construction quality of highways and expressways whilst securing timely project completion.The revised guidelines, detailed in a circular from the ministry…
A massive fire broke out south of Athens on Thursday, triggering emergency evacuations and roadblocks as blazes ravaged housing around the seaside town of Palaia Fokaia. Authorities closed sections of the scenic highway between the Greek capital and Sounion, which features the ancient Temple of Poseidon, a popular tourist destination. GREECE FACES FIRST MAJOR HEATWAVE…
NEW DELHI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will come up with a compensation framework for private highway operators and investors, including overseas pension funds, who have betted on the highway sector for the losses they incur after rollout of “annual pass” for private vehicles on national highways and expressways from Aug 15.This is…
Thousands of angry residents of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan have taken to the streets against the Shehbaz Sharif-led federal government, blocking the Karakoram Highway – the crown jewel of the CPEC connecting China and Pakistan – for three days. A leader of Sharif’s party said while the establishment was compensating terrorists, it failed to aid traders. The…
At least 21 people have been killed in a road accident on Wednesday on a highway that connects Mexico’s Oaxaca and Puebla states, according to officials. The accident involved a cement lorry that hit a passenger bus and a transport van. The accident occurred on a steep and curvy road, which has witnessed similar fatal…