NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry will soon start ranking states on parameters of ‘ease of land acquisition’ as delay in getting the required land remains the biggest roadblock for national highway and expressway projects. This is aimed at fixing delays during the pre-construction and the project execution stages.Ranking of states will also help the…
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: In a move to improve safety of two-wheeler riders, the road transport ministry has decided to make the anti-lock braking systems (ABS) mandatory for all new scooties, bikes and motorcycles manufactured after January next year irrespective of their engine capacity. The ministry will also soon make it mandatory for manufacturers and dealers to…
NEW DELHI: The government has approved shifting of Gurgaon’s Kherki Daula toll plaza on the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway (NH-48) to Pachgaon, a place beyond Manesar, paving the way for easy commute for lakhs of office goers.When the plaza is moved to Pachgaon, over 15 kilometres from Gurgaon, commuters travelling between Delhi and Manesar also won’t…
श्री राम की नगरी अयोध्या से लेकर माता जानकी की नगरी बिहार के सीतामढ़ी तक राम जानकी मार्ग प्रोजेक्ट को लेकर केंद्र सरकार ने अपनी योजना तैयार कर ली है. लोकसभा में पूछे गए सवाल के जवाब में सड़क परिवहन मंत्रालय ने जानकारी दी. सड़क परिवहन मंत्रालय ने अपने जवाब में बताया है कि अयोध्या…
NEW DELHI: GNSS-based tolling on NHs won’t take off in the immediate future as senior government officials have told a Parliamentary panel that the new system will be deployed only after India has its own requisite constellation of navigational satellites with full coverage.Sources said that in response to a question on the new tolling mechanism,…
NEW DELHI: The government is staring at a fall in construction and widening of national highways (NHs) in the next two years as there has been a reduction in award of new projects in 2023-24 and the current financial year. However, going by the current trend, the road transport ministry is confident of surpassing the…
NEW DELHI: Thirty-one states and UTs have mopped up around Rs 12,632 crore in fines for traffic rule violations between 2019 and 2024, the road transport ministry told Lok Sabha on Thursday. It also informed that during these five years, 18.2 crore e-challans were issued for violations.UP topped the list in collection of fines (Rs…