Tag Archives: Expressways

In the last couple of years, due to great push of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, highways especially greenfield access-controlled expressways such as Delhi-Mumbai Expressways (DME), Amritsar-Bhatinda-Jamnagar (ABJ) & Trans-Haryana etc. have come into existence. Many existing highways have also been upgraded from 2/4 lanes to 4/6 lanes. With more new highways and up-gradation of existing highways, both passenger ...

In conversation with Mangala Chandran, Prakash Gaur, CEO, National Highway Logistics Management Limited emphasizes the government’s ambitious initiative to establish leisure hubs along the National highways and expressways, aiming to enhance road safety and ensure a hassle-free driving experience. You have an ambitious plan of awarding 1000 wayside amenities by March 2026? Yes, National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML) had ...

To further improve the  country’s infrastructure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed to significantly enhance capital expenditure to Rs 5.54 lakh crore in the next fiscal. The focus is also on creating institutional structures and giving a big thrust to monetizing assets to achieve the goals of the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP). This will require a major increase in funding both ...

As per the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, a total of 246 projects with an aggregate length of about 10,100kms have been awarded till February 2020 under Bharatmala Pariyojana. The total cost incurred towards these projects is Rs 2.38 lakh crore, which also includes projects on Greenfield Corridors. The Government of India had approved Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I in October ...

Maharashtra traffic police will soon be armed with high-tech equipment to tackle cases of drink driving and speeding. The department will get 32 vehicles, 90 speed guns, 658 breath analysers (alco-meters), 2,070 body-worn cameras and 425 car dashboard cameras, among other. The speed guns and alco-meters will be used on the state highway and expressways, along with Mumbai and other ...

TrafficInfraTech/Parking InfraTech Expo 2016 saw an impressive number of senior officials from the Center and State governments. Vipul Mitra, Principal Secretary, Government of Gujarat spoke to TrafficInfraTech What is your impression about the latest technology displayed at the Expo?  It was a good learning experience. Traffic management technology is more important than manpower because you cannot deploy manpower in every ...

India is  on the fast track . Metros, expressways, highways… But many a time, stations have been opened without feeder services, parking lots or  security services.  If proper traffic volume estimation is not done, it can lead to insufficient booths at toll plazas. Again traffic volume estimation is necessary for deciding the number of lanes- four or six –in highways. ...

As road transport will play a significant role in sustaining the economic momentum of the country, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has prepared a master plan for the development of Expressways Network. As per the plan, based on financial viability, relative traffic intensity along with various corridor segments, network comprehensiveness, connectivity and relative economic potential, the expressway ...