National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) Current Affairs, GK & News
NHAI Guinness World Record for longest continuously laid lane
State-owned National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has created a Guinness World Record for longest continuously laid bituminous lane of 75 kilometres, on national highway between Amravati and Akola districts of Maharashtra, in 105 hours and 33 minutes. Key Points Project was implemented by 720 workers including a team of independent consultants. Total length of ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Asian Highway 46 • Guinness World Record • National Highway 53 • National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) • Surat-Kolkata Highway
NHAI’s Guidelines for Toll centres to reduce waiting time
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) issued guidelines for Toll centres to reduce waiting time to 10 seconds per vehicle at any point of time. What is yellow line? According to the guidelines, yellow lines at toll plazas will reduce the waiting queue of vehicles to 100 metres even during peak hours. If queue is ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Electronic toll collection • FASTag lanes • FASTags • National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology
India’s first five animal bridges: Key Facts
India is to see the first five animal overpasses on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. The expressway is under construction. Highlights The animal bridges were planned to avoid disturbances to Ranthambore Wildlife Corridor that connects Mukundra and Ranthambhore Wildlife Sanctuaries. The plan of the animal bridges have been approved by the Central Wildlife Board. The Rajasthan Government ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Environment Current Affairs
Topics: animal bridges • Human-Animal Conflict • National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) • National Parks • Ranthambore National Park • Wildlife Protection
‘Harit Path’: mobile app launched to oversee plantations along National Highways
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Sh. Nitin Gadkari launched a mobile app named ‘Harit Path’ to conduct monitoring operation of the plantation along the national highways through Geo-tagging and web-based GIS-enabled tools. Key Highlights In the virtual meeting on the context of ‘New Green Highways Policy (Plantation)’, the road transport ministry also discussed ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Afforestation • Green Highway • Ministry of Road Transport and Highway • Mobile app • National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) • Nitin Gadkari
NHAI to collaborate with premier Technical Institutes
The National Highways Authority of India has approached NITs, IITs and other reputed Engineering colleges to stretch National Highways. The institutes have been approached under their Institutional Social Responsibility. Highlights The main of the collaboration is to leverage the knowledge of students and faculty towards improvement of road infrastructure. Benefits When an institute adopts a ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Memorandum of understanding • National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) • national highways • Road safety • Road traffic management • Traffic accidents in India