NEW DELHI: In a major policy change, the Centre is preparing a model to provide financial assistance to state govts for one-time improvement of state highways rather than declaring more of these as NHs. The road transport ministry will instead focus on building more new greenfield highways and expressways.This comes after PM Narendra Modi’s direction…
NEW DELHI: The two proposals of road transport ministry to bring relief to lakhs of commuters from shelling out high toll on national highways and expressways — no user fee on narrower NHs that are two-and-half lanes and option of annual pass costing around Rs 3,000 for unlimited travel for cars — are now under…
Nitin Gadkari (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Government will undertake the expansion of 25,000 km of two-lane highways to four lanes, involving an investment of Rs 10 lakh crore over the next two years, said road transport minister Nitin Gadkari in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. He also announced the decision to reduce the traffic threshold…
NEW DELHI: The govt has set the target to have “barrier-free” tolling on national highways (NHs) that are of four lanes or more and all high-speed corridors in the next five years, the Economic Survey said. This will ensure seamless travel across major highways as commuters won’t have to stop or slow down for deduction…