Tag Archives: India’s road infrastructure

A total of 697 highway projects in the country are delayed as of July 2024 and 35% of all project delays are resulting from protracted disputes due to inaccuracies in land records, resistance from local stakeholders and prolonged compensation negotiations. Land acquisition has become a key obstacle to be overcome in the march towards the development of India’s road infrastructure. ...

Satish Pandey, Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-CRRI and inventor of the technology, said, “The steel slag road technology is a game-changer for India’s road infrastructure. The country generates over 19 million tonnes of steel slag annually, and the direct use of untreated steel slag poses a significant risk to the mechanical properties and durability of the steel slag-derived composites. With ...