road infrastructure

Indian Roads Congress 2024

November 11, 2024

The 83rd annual session of the Indian Roads Congress (IRC) is currently taking place in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. This important event commenced with the inauguration by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari. The convention spans four days, concluding ..

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Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: PM inaugurates first stretch

February 12, 2023

The Sohna-Dausa stretch in the Delhi-Mumbai expressway was recently inaugurated by PM Modi. With this, the travel time between Sohna in Haryana and Dausa in Rajasthan will be reduced to 2.5 hours. Earlier it was 5 hours. The distance between ..

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Green National Highways Corridor Project

December 23, 2020

The Government of India recently inked 500 million USD loan pact with World Bank to develop Green National Highway Corridors in the country. These corridors are to be developed in Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The project ..

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India-Austria Cooperation in Road Infrastructure sector

December 19, 2020

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between India and Austria on Technology Cooperation in Road Infrastructure Sector in New Delhi. The MoU seeks to create a framework for the countries’ mutual cooperation in the field of Road Transportation, Road/Highways infrastructure ..

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Nitin Gadkari chairs Infrastructure meeting

July 7, 2020

On July 7, 2020, the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari chaired an infrastructure meeting in New Delhi virtually. The other union ministers such as minister of railways, Environment, Forest and Climate change, heavy industries also ..

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NHAI: First Construction Sector to become digital completely

June 12, 2020

The National Highway Authority of India became the first construction sector to become digital completely. Highlights The project management workflow of NHAI has been transformed from manual to online portal. The platform Artificial Intelligence and cloud-based big data analytics have ..

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Bharatmala Pariyojana delayed

June 11, 2020

The Bharatmala Pariyojana that was scheduled to be completed in 2021-22 is to be completed by 2025-26. The announcement of delay was announced by the rating agency ICRA (Investment Information and credit Rating Agency). Highlights The prevailing COVID-19 crisis could ..

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UP Government implements Herbal Roads Project

May 29, 2020

The Uttar Pradesh Government is to implement Herbal Roads Project in a stretch of 800 km in the state. Highlights Under the project, the state government is to plant trees that have medicinal values on either sides of the roads. ..

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