Latest News, Updates & Breaking Headlines
Highway expansion drive is facing execution stress, with 574 under-construction National Highway projects worth Rs 3.60 lakh crore running behind schedule, the government told Parliament on Wednesday, PTI reported.Of the delayed projects awarded over the past five years, 300 are behind schedule by up to one year, 253 face delays of one to three years,…
(AI image used for representational purposes) NEW DELHI: Govt is set to introduce major changes in the contract conditions to de-risk private investments and safeguard lenders’ exposure in the highway sector, in its bid to attract more private players. The revised provisions, to be notified this month, include providing revenue support and extension of tolling…
NEW DELHI: For years, NH-44 — India’s longest highway, stretching 3,745 km from Srinagar to Kanyakumari — has carried the weight of the nation’s movement. Its tarmac has known migrations, trade, daily commuters, truck convoys, and families on long-distance journeys. Yet on the stretches slicing through Haryana and Delhi, that familiar thrum of mobility conceals…
India is pushing to clear a large backlog of delayed national highway projects by the end of March, aiming to cut cost overruns and revive construction momentum after a sharp fall in project awards this fiscal.According to an ET report, the road, transport and highways ministry began the year with 152 stalled projects worth Rs…
NEW DELHI: Govt is set to introduce major changes in the Model Concession Agreement (MCA) to de-risk private investments and safeguard lenders’ exposure in highway sector.The revised provisions, to be notified within a fortnight, include revenue support and extension of tolling periods in cases where actual traffic falls below projections, buyback of projects where traffic…
A massive ball of fire resulting from the explosion of the CNG cylinder in the car gutted all three vehicles involved in the accident. Eighteen people have died in accidents on this stretch of Katraj-Dehu Road bypass this year PUNE: At least eight people were killed and 13 injured after a Mumbai-bound trailer truck ploughed…
Agra: Two engineers from Tamil Nadu, who worked for a private company, were killed after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding truck near Dhaula Bridge on Delhi-Dehradun highway in Mansoorpur area of Muzaffarnagar district.Abinesh S, 26, from Tirupur, and Madhav Ramanujan, 29, from Tirunelveli, in Tamil Nadu, were working on the Eastern Dedicated Freight…
JAIPUR: The Jaipur police Tuesday arrested the dumper driver who ploughed into over 17 vehicles in Harmada on Monday, killing 13 and injuring several others. Chomu ACP Usha Yadav said the accused, Kalyan Meena, was booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and confirmed that the driver was under the influence of alcohol at…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari over his repeated promises to the people of Bihar, remarking that “it seems the highway man is always high.”Mocking Gadkari’s claims, Congress leader Pawan Khera shared a video on X compiling…
HYDERABAD: At least 20 people died and several others were injured when a truck carrying a load of gravel rammed into an RTC bus coming from the opposite direction at Mirjaguda, near Chevella in Rangareddy district of Telangana, on Monday.According to Chevella ACP B Kishan, the RTC bus started at Tandur and it was supposed…
