PMO’s notes only a suggestion, NHAI will continue building roads: Nitin Gadkari
5 years, 4 months ago

PMO’s notes only a suggestion, NHAI will continue building roads: Nitin Gadkari

Live Mint  

The National Highways Authority of India is fully capable of raising debt and continuing to meet its road construction targets, Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, told Mint on Tuesday. He was referring to a recent note from the Prime Minister's office suggesting that the NHAI re-evaluate its ability to put equity into road construction and turn into an asset management company instead. "NHAI is a AAA rated organisation and we can raise enough debt to keep building roads," Gadkari said. He said that the NHAI is in talks with State Bank of India to raise up to ₹50,000 crore, referring to the authority's plans to meet part of its ₹75,000 crore target for the fiscal year by securitising future toll revenue on its high-traffic roads.

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Gadkari announces over ₹12cr investment for Delhi ahead of polls
5 days, 20 hours ago

Gadkari announces over ₹12cr investment for Delhi ahead of polls

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Nitin Gadkari, union minister for road transport and highways, on Thursday announced road projects worth ₹12,500 crore to address pollution and traffic congestion in national capital. Seven lawmakers from Delhi met Gadkari on Wednesday to seek Centre’s approval for projects ) Gadkari made the announcement a day after seven lawmakers from Delhi met him, seeking the Centre’s approval …

The road ahead: Quality construction, maintenance of highways
1 week, 2 days ago

The road ahead: Quality construction, maintenance of highways

Live Mint  

New Delhi, Dec 31 After constructing a record 56,700 km of National Highways in the country in the last 10 years, the road transport and highways ministry will shift focus on quality of construction and maintenance of NHs in 2025. To enhance accountability and assess the quality of construction and maintenance of National Highways, state-owned National Highways Authority of India …

Punjab pledges full support to Centre for key highway construction projects
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Punjab pledges full support to Centre for key highway construction projects

India Today  

The AAP government in Punjab said on Monday that it would fully support the Centre for the completion of key infrastructure projects under the National Highways Authority of India in the state. Public Works Department Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO said the government would ensure proper law and order in the state and would fully support the Centre for the completion …

Newly-appointed Punjab Governor holds meeting with NHAI officials
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Newly-appointed Punjab Governor holds meeting with NHAI officials

The Hindu  

Days after Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari raised with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the issue surrounding the safety of National Highway Authority of India staff amid concern over “prevailing law and order situation”, the newly-appointed Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Monday held a review meeting with senior officials of the NHAI and others here …

Nitin Gadkari warns of termination of highway projects over Punjab’s ‘prevailing law and order’
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Nitin Gadkari warns of termination of highway projects over Punjab’s ‘prevailing law and order’

The Hindu  

Expressing concern over the “prevailing law and order situation” in Punjab, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has cautioned Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann that eight severely affected highway projects in the State, costing approximately ₹14,288 crore, would be terminated “if the situation does not improve”. Raising safety concerns on behalf of National Highway Authority of India …

NHAI not facing any financial crises: Gadkari
5 months, 2 weeks ago

NHAI not facing any financial crises: Gadkari

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The National Highway Authority of India is not facing any financial crises and has drawn up a plan to service its debt through improved inflows of toll revenue and asset monetisation, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said, "NHAI is not facing any …

Chief Minister Revanth assures full support in execution of NHAI projects in Telangana
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Chief Minister Revanth assures full support in execution of NHAI projects in Telangana

The Hindu  

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy urged senior officials of the National Highway Authority of India to accelerate projects assuring full support from the State government to execute national highway projects. The Chief Minister directed the immediate commencement of works on the Hyderabad-Manneguda highway and the expansion of the Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway, emphasising the need for coordination with the Andhra Pradesh government. …

National highways in Karnataka to resemble U.S. road infrastructure by 2024 end, claims Gadkari
9 months, 4 weeks ago

National highways in Karnataka to resemble U.S. road infrastructure by 2024 end, claims Gadkari

The Hindu  

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the national highways in Karnataka will resemble the road infrastructure in United States by the end of 2024. Addressing the gathering at a function organised to launch a series of national highways projects in Mysuru on Sunday, Mr. Gadkari expressed “pleasure and pride” over the progress of NH projects in …

DPR of elevated six-lane highway project proposed between Panambur and Baikampady is under way, says Nalin Kumar Kateel
10 months, 1 week ago

DPR of elevated six-lane highway project proposed between Panambur and Baikampady is under way, says Nalin Kumar Kateel

The Hindu  

An elevated six-lane highway has been proposed between KIOCL Ltd. at Panambur and Baikampady on national highway 66 in the city, according to Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel. He said that the Panambur-Baikampady elevated highway project is part of the six-lane highway project proposed between B.C. If land is not available elevated highway will be built in such stretches,” …

India’s Road Infrastructure to Rival With USA Within Next 5 Years, Says Nitin Gadkari
1 year ago

India’s Road Infrastructure to Rival With USA Within Next 5 Years, Says Nitin Gadkari

News 18  

Indian road infrastructure and highways have been witnessing rapid growth, major credit goes to the Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. As per the details shared by Cartoq, Gadkari said that India’s road infrastructure soon will rival the USA, and the target will be achieved in the next period of 5 years. Future of India’s Road Infrastructure The …

Budget 2024: Road Ministry demands 25% hike in allocation - report
1 year, 1 month ago

Budget 2024: Road Ministry demands 25% hike in allocation - report

Live Mint  

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in India has requested a budgetary allocation of ₹3.25 lakh crore for the fiscal year 2024-25 from the Ministry of Finance, which is a 25 percent increase compared to the previous year, according to a report by Moneycontrol. The government aims to maintain minimal market borrowings for the National Highways Authority of India …

Gadkari inaugurates, lays foundation stone of 11 NH projects worth ₹5600 crore in Rajasthan
1 year, 6 months ago

Gadkari inaugurates, lays foundation stone of 11 NH projects worth ₹5600 crore in Rajasthan

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 11 national highway projects worth ₹5600 crore in Pratapgarh, Rajasthan. The ceremony marked the inauguration of four NH projects, spanning a total length of 219 km and costing ₹3,775 crore. Foundation stone for seven projects with a cumulative cost of …

PM Modi lauds Nitin Gadkari's infra push: A look at India's National Highways network in last 9 years
1 year, 8 months ago

PM Modi lauds Nitin Gadkari's infra push: A look at India's National Highways network in last 9 years

Firstpost  

India had a total of 91,287 km of National Highways till April 1, 2014, according to the official data. From building 12.1 km per day of roads in 2014-15, India saw 28.6 km of roads being constructed every day in 2021-22 New Delhi: With the unprecedented pace in building National Highways – over 53,000 kms added in last nine years …

Mohali: NHAI advances deadline for Greenfield Alignment Project
1 year, 8 months ago

Mohali: NHAI advances deadline for Greenfield Alignment Project

Hindustan Times  

The National Highway Authority of India has advanced the deadline for completion of the much-awaited Greenfield Project, aimed at decongesting the Airport Road in Mohali, from October 2024 to April 2024. A senior officer of NHAI said the cost of the project is nearly ₹1,400 crore, out of which ₹700 crore has been given for land compensation and the remaining …

Advik Capital in early stage of funding NHAI's Gohana-Sonepat highway project
1 year, 10 months ago

Advik Capital in early stage of funding NHAI's Gohana-Sonepat highway project

India TV News  

NBFC Advik Capital Limited is in an advanced stage of financing the National Highway Authority of India backed Gohana Sonepat highway project along with other banks. The New Delhi-based company in a regulatory filing said that by funding mega infra projects, the company will not only enter into the arena of bigger business opportunities going forward, diversify its business, mitigate …

Tamil Nadu not helping NHAI? Stalin slams Gadkari for giving ‘wrong impression’
1 year, 10 months ago

Tamil Nadu not helping NHAI? Stalin slams Gadkari for giving ‘wrong impression’

Live Mint  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin complained in a letter dated February 11 to Nitin Gadkari, the union minister responsible for roads and highways, about the deplorable state of the road from Chennai to the Ranipet National Highway. The reply provided by the Union Minister in the Parliament to a specific request made by DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran in this …

National Highway works in Kerala finally on track
1 year, 11 months ago

National Highway works in Kerala finally on track

The Hindu  

The nearly two-decades of stalemate in national highway development in Kerala is set to be over with a slew of projects by the National Highways Authority of India worth ₹56,910.86 crore at different stages of implementation. The list of 21 projects covers a distance of 589 km across the State, while works under another NH package worth ₹67,310.67 crore for …

Nitin Gadkari publicly apologises for bad roads in MP’s Mandla, people react | Video
2 years, 1 month ago

Nitin Gadkari publicly apologises for bad roads in MP’s Mandla, people react | Video

Hindustan Times  

Union minister Nitin Gadkari made the headlines Wednesday after a video of him apologising to the public over the condition of roads in Madhya Pradeh's Mandla was shared online. Gadkari was in Mandla to kick-start five national highway projects worth ₹ 1,261 crore. Gadkari was in Mandla to kick-start five road projects of 329 km worth ₹1,261 crore. During his …

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari approves Rs 68,000 crore worth of road projects in four Northeast states
2 years, 2 months ago

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari approves Rs 68,000 crore worth of road projects in four Northeast states

India TV News  

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday, while addressing a press conference in Guwahati announced that his ministry approved a slew of new road projects, valued at Rs 68,000 crore, in four Northeastern states to make international standard surface connectivity. Gadkari after reviewing various national highway projects in the region, said that new projects are worth …

Gadkari inaugurates 8 National Highway projects in Jabalpur, MP
2 years, 2 months ago

Gadkari inaugurates 8 National Highway projects in Jabalpur, MP

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari on Monday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of eight National Highway Projects in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. 4,054 crores,” said the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways in a press release Addressing the occasion, the minister said that 53 km from Hiran River to Singur river and 12 km …

Complete all outstanding highway projects: Jogi Ramesh
2 years, 3 months ago

Complete all outstanding highway projects: Jogi Ramesh

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Minister for housing Jogi Ramesh has directed the National Highway Authority of India officials to swiftly complete the pending works on the highway as early as possible and to take measures to prevent road accidents on the national highways. Minister Ramesh convened a review meeting along with Machilipatnam MP Vallabhaneni Balashowry, former minister and MLA Perni Venkatramaiah alias Nani, …

Gadkari assures NH along Macherla, Narasaraopet
2 years, 4 months ago

Gadkari assures NH along Macherla, Narasaraopet

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari has replied to a proposal from BJP MP G.V.L. The BJP MP had written a letter to the union minister seeking declaration of a new national highway connecting Macherla-Karampudi-Narasaraopet, Narasaraopet-Sattenapalli, and Macherla-Sirigiripadu-Yerragondapalem in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, the union minister replied saying that he had directed the officials of his ministry …

Modi govt 8 years: How PM developed urban infrastructure with swanky expressways, railways and airports
2 years, 7 months ago

Modi govt 8 years: How PM developed urban infrastructure with swanky expressways, railways and airports

India TV News  

Modi Govt 8 Years: Better infrastructure is one of the most important requirements for a strong economy as it helps set new businesses, and eases commute and logistics. The Narendra Modi government came to power on the plank of development and has focused immensely on developing better infrastructure across all sectors be it national highways, trains, new airports among others. …

Gadkari shares an update on work done on Telangana-Andhra highway. Details here
2 years, 9 months ago

Gadkari shares an update on work done on Telangana-Andhra highway. Details here

Live Mint  

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari shared an update on the progress of the work done on the National Highway which connects the ports of Andhra Pradesh with Telangana. “This 59 km stretch is crucial to provide seamless connectivity and boost export of products from Telangana through the ports in Andhra Pradesh,” Nitin Gadkari wrote on Twitter. …

'Construction pace of 50 km/day': Gadkari's target for national highways
2 years, 9 months ago

'Construction pace of 50 km/day': Gadkari's target for national highways

India TV News  

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said the government is targeting a pace of 50 km per day for national highways' construction in the country, and expressed hope that the pace in the current fiscal year will be higher than that in 2020-21. Addressing 'ET Global Business Summit' virtually, Gadkari said the government is giving highest priority to developing the …

Nitin Gadkari: Indian Road Network to be at Par with America by 2024
2 years, 10 months ago

Nitin Gadkari: Indian Road Network to be at Par with America by 2024

News 18  

Union Minister for Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that he has a goal of establishing a road network in India at par with America by 2024. Speaking here after laying the foundation stones for five national highways, he stated that every development activity depended on road connectivity and realizing this, the government is committed to strengthening the …

Gati Shakti Masterplan Will be the Main Focus: MoRTH
2 years, 11 months ago

Gati Shakti Masterplan Will be the Main Focus: MoRTH

News 18  

In a recent interview with HT, MoRTH secretary and chairperson of the National Highways Authority of India Giridhar Aramane explained how the Gati Shakti plan, announced during the Union Budget recently, will be the primary focus followed by integrated planning all across the board. On the topic of NHAI’s aim of building 25,000 km of national highways, Aramane said that …

Centre Considered Highway Projects Worth Rs 60K Cr in UP Since 2018, Half of Them This Poll-Bound Year
3 years, 1 month ago

Centre Considered Highway Projects Worth Rs 60K Cr in UP Since 2018, Half of Them This Poll-Bound Year

News 18  

Not just the expressways, the Centre has considered highway projects worth over Rs 60,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh since 2018, with proposals worth nearly half that amount considered in just this poll-bound year. The data shows that the quantum of proposals and approvals have accelerated since 2020 and projects worth Rs 28,700 crore were submitted to the Centre just in …

Government Targeting Road Construction Worth Rs 15 lakh Crore in Next 2 Years
3 years, 8 months ago

Government Targeting Road Construction Worth Rs 15 lakh Crore in Next 2 Years

News 18  

The Centre is giving utmost priority to the development of infrastructure and has set a target of road construction worth Rs 15 lakh crore in the next two years. The Minister was confident that his ministry will achieve target of 40 kilometres per day of highways construction in current fiscal, saying “the government is permitting 100 per FDI in road …

₹1L-cr to be spent on highway projects in state in three years: Gadkari
3 years, 9 months ago

₹1L-cr to be spent on highway projects in state in three years: Gadkari

Hindustan Times  

The central government will spend ₹1 lakh crore on various highway and bridge projects in Jharkhand over the next three years, said Union road, transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday. Currently, 756km long road projects worth ₹7,500 crore are under way in the state, while projects worth ₹10,000 crore will be approved by year-end.” The event was attended …

India's infrastructure to be no less than US, Europe in 5 years: Nitin Gadkari
3 years, 9 months ago

India's infrastructure to be no less than US, Europe in 5 years: Nitin Gadkari

India TV News  

A new India is in the making with infrastructure which will be no less than that in the US and Europe in five years, and a solid foundation has already been laid with over Rs 17 lakh crore worth of projects in the last five-year period, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. The minister said its foundation has already …

NHAI Awarded 26 Projects Worth Over Rs 31,000 Crore from Apr-Aug of FY21, Highest in 3 Years
4 years, 4 months ago

NHAI Awarded 26 Projects Worth Over Rs 31,000 Crore from Apr-Aug of FY21, Highest in 3 Years

News 18  

The National Highways Authority of India on Monday said it has awarded projects worth Rs 31,000 crore in the first five months of the current fiscal year, despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 26 projects for building 744 km length of highways were awarded during the April-August period of this fiscal, the NHAI said in a …

NHAI suspends official who leaked PMO letter on social media
5 years, 3 months ago

NHAI suspends official who leaked PMO letter on social media

India TV News  

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said a roads department official has been suspended for posting a communication from the Prime Minister's Office on highway projects on social media. We have suspended the official," Gadkari said, replying to a specific question on the financial health of NHAI and its ability to execute projects. Gadkari sets the wheel rolling Gadkari said …

NHAI in sound fiscal health with strong projects pipeline: Chairman NN Sinha
5 years, 4 months ago

NHAI in sound fiscal health with strong projects pipeline: Chairman NN Sinha

India TV News  

Allaying fears of NHAI facing fiscal crisis or high contingent liabilities, its Chairman NN Sinha on Wednesday said the Authority was in a "very sound" position with a strong pipeline of projects. Despite model code of conduct during elections, he said NHAI is on way to construct 1,000 km of more highway projects than last year and "spending was going …

PM Modi’s $5 trillion GDP goal hits a hurdle: Debt at road builder NHAI
5 years, 4 months ago

PM Modi’s $5 trillion GDP goal hits a hurdle: Debt at road builder NHAI

Live Mint  

India’s path to economic recovery faces another obstacle, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking the state road builder to stop constructing highways after its debt ballooned almost seven-fold over the past five years. “National Highways Authority of India totally logjammed with unplanned and excessive expansion of roads,” the prime minister’s office wrote to NHAI in a letter dated August 17. …

PMO’s suggestion to NHAI: Stop building roads, sell assets through an InvIT
5 years, 4 months ago

PMO’s suggestion to NHAI: Stop building roads, sell assets through an InvIT

Live Mint  

The NHAI should discontinue constructing roads and encourage the private sector to take over the running of completed projects. In a letter dated August 17, Nripendra Misra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, wrote to Sanjeev Ranjan, Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, collating suggestions to improve the operational performance of NHAI. To solve this, the PMO has suggested …

Road projects likely to get a renewed push
5 years, 5 months ago

Road projects likely to get a renewed push

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir’s road connectivity programme will get further boost as the National Democratic Alliance revoked provisions of Article 370 or the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir. This will make the two union territories come under the Central government, which in turn is expected to give better focus on roads and infrastructure in that region, that …

NHAI plans to raise ₹75,000 crore from market, says chairman
5 years, 5 months ago

NHAI plans to raise ₹75,000 crore from market, says chairman

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The National Highways Authority of India expects to get Cabinet nod for floating its infrastructure investment trust in two to three months, its Chairman N N Sinha said Wednesday. To fund the country's ambitious highways building plans, including Bharatmala, NHAI also plans to mobilise ₹75,000 crore from the market this fiscal, he said. Sinha said NHAI is also …

NHAI inks deal with NIIF for funding of highway projects
5 years, 6 months ago

NHAI inks deal with NIIF for funding of highway projects

Live Mint  

National Highways Authority of India on Monday inked a deal with quasi-sovereign wealth fund National Investment Infrastructure Fund to fund large greenfield road projects, which will be executed by the highway authority in the future. In 2015, Centre had set up NIIF to fund commercially viable greenfield, brownfield and stalled projects, thereby giving boost to the country’s infrastructure sector. “This …

Nitin Gadkari assures Kerala, TN, Uttarakhand of full cooperation to expedite highway projects
5 years, 6 months ago

Nitin Gadkari assures Kerala, TN, Uttarakhand of full cooperation to expedite highway projects

India TV News  

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Saturday assured Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand of all cooperation in expediting highway projects. The chief ministers of the three states had called on the Road Transport, Highways and Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister to discuss infrastructure and ongoing highways projects in their respective states. Earlier, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, and V …

Advisor for asset monetisation, lucrative plans for pvt players to boost infra
5 years, 7 months ago

Advisor for asset monetisation, lucrative plans for pvt players to boost infra

Live Mint  

New Delhi: To further give a push to the country's infrastructure, big plans are lined up that include roping in an advisor for asset monetisation and offering attractive schemes to private players, including identified 3,000 kms of projects, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. "We are planning to rope in an Indian expert with experience in global economy for advising NHAI …

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