NEW DELHI: People will have to wait for at least one more year to travel non-stop from Delhi to Katra using a new expressway. The road transport and highways ministry has informed Lok Sabha that two sections of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway in Punjab are scheduled for completion by March 2026 and two more links from…
NEW DELHI: Learning from the “rutting” (permanent depressions) at several portions of the Mumbai Expressway’s Sohna-Dausa section last year, which attracted huge criticism, the NHAI has directed detailed testing of the stone mastic asphalt (SMA) material used in other highway projects.Deficiency in the quality of SMA used on this section was identified as one the…
NEW DELHI: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has pre-paid loans of worth Rs 56,000 crore during the current fiscal, helping the state-owned agency to save interest cost of around Rs 1,200 crore, a senior government official said on Sunday. The official told PTI that NHAI’s total debt at the beginning of the current fiscal…
NEW DELHI: NHAI has pre-paid loans of Rs 56,000 crore during the current fiscal year and is looking to further reduce its debt burden by March. Around Rs 40,000 crore has come from budgetary allocation as the overall capex is lower this year due to award of fewer contracts and approval of lesser new projects,…
NEW DELHI: In its bid to improve highway patrol, NHAI on Friday issued a fresh guideline for Route Patrolling Vehicles (RPVs) branded as “Rajmarg Saathi”, which will be equipped with advanced tools to reduce traffic disruption and better maintenance. These vehicles will be deployed on every 50 km section for dealing with emergency incidents and…
NEW DELHI: In a first for the road sector, NHAI on Thursday said it will issue Rs 1,000 crore green bonds in second week of Dec to raise funds to implement environment-friendly steps on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (DME) project.“This fund will be used for activities such as expenditure on avenue plantation, median plantation, construction of animal…