Tag Archives: NHAI

IL&FS Transportation Networks recently got a contract from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to widen a 123km stretch of the national highway NH2. The project, to convert the stretch into a six-lane road, will be executed under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase V on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBOFT) basis. It will be ...

Sadbhav Engineering has bagged a ? 12 billion contract from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to develop four lanes on a 98.81km stretch of NH-10 in Haryana. The project has a concession period of 22 years and will be executed on a design-build-finance operate-and-transfer (DBFOT) basis under phase III of the National Highways Development Project. Another project it ...

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is constructing a unique tower in Gurgaon in the accident prone Hero Honda Chowk. The building will have a portion of the Delhi-Jaipur highway NH8 passing through it on the second and third floors. The building and the elevated roads passing through it are part of a plan to decongest the crowded chowk ...

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has begun the process of emphasising on the use of RFID for Electronic Toll Collections at the National Highways by inviting Expression of Interest (EOI) from interested stakeholders. It seems serious to take the issue forward soon as it has been updating its website on every development on the issue. NHAI had invited EOI ...

The government plans to provide one free drivers’ resting place every 50km along National Highways similar to the ones available in developed countries. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has identified 60 sites to develop rest houses which will include facilities for commuters also. Eleven places are already operational. The Rajasthan government too has short-listed a few sites along NH8 for the purpose. The ...

Essar Infrastructure, which recently won orders worth र2500 crore from the NHAI for upgrading two national highways in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, is planning to invest र10,000 crore in the rapidly growing highways sector during the next two to three years. The NHAI project in Bihar is a BOT contract for widening the 112km stretch between Khagaria to Bakhtiyapur, and ...

Jetpur Somnath Tollways has been awarded a 30 month contract by NHAI to construct four additional lanes to the Jetpur-Somnath section of the National Highway-8D in Gujarat. The project is given on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer basis. The company, consisting of Jetpur’s parent company Plus Expressway, IDFC and six nominal stakeholders, is a special purpose vehicle created ...

The first hour after a life threatening accident is crucial for survival of accident victims. It is necessary to get the victims admitted to a hospital and get them treated upon within this time, called ‘the golden hour’. But in India, many people die as they do not get the essential treatment during this time owing to non-availability of money ...

Toll Collection systems should now make pre classification of vehicles mandatory. This means that the present toll systems in the country need upgrading.