Tag: NHAI
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Labour minister leads cycle rally to press for underpasses, service roads
The minister threatened to scale up his protests if the demands are not met. “This is the initial stage of our peaceful protest. If the demands remain unfulfilled, we will go in for further protests,” he said. He said that state chief minister Mamata Banerjee had written to road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari but no action had been taken.
March 22, 2022 -
NHAI Developer asked to provide Electric charging stations along highways
The NHAI has already awarded 39 such facilities and the proposals for 103 such sites are at the bidding stage. Authority would add more WSA sites as and when it is identified, the Minister said.
December 2, 2021 -
NHAI plants 2.23 crore plants to compensate ecological loss due to road building
National Highway Authority of India has planted over 2.23 crore plants all over the country
December 2, 2021 -
HC notice to Himachal, NHAI over frequent landslides
A division bench of acting Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua passed the order on a petition of Namita Maniktala, treating it as public interest litigation.
September 10, 2021 -
Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari inaugurate Emergency Landing Facility for IAF planes
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has developed the 3-km section of the Satta-Gandhav stretch of NH-925 as an ELF for the IAF.
September 9, 2021 -
Delhi-Jaipur flyover tender to be floated by mid-September
Preparations have been made to float a tender for flyovers from Manesar to Bilaspur to Masani Barrage and Banipur Chowk in Bawal. The tenders will be opened by mid-September.
September 9, 2021 -
Repair highway along the mineral-rich belt: Orissa HC directs NHAI
Despite the poor condition of the road, the NHAI continues to arbitrarily collect toll cess from three toll plazas in violation of Rule-8 of the National Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, the petition had pointed out.
August 20, 2021 -
Drone survey mandatory for National Highway projects
video recording via drones need to be done by contractors in the presence of the team leader of the supervising consultant and upload project videos on NHAI's portal 'Data Lake'
June 16, 2021 -
NHAI to make network survey vehicle use mandatory for road condition survey
The deployment will help in enhancing the overall quality of the highways as NSV uses the latest survey techniques such as a high-resolution digital camera for 3600 imagery, Record images/videos at regular intervals, Laser Road Profilometer and other related technology for the measurement of distresses in the road surface.
April 13, 2021 -
Easier FASTag: NHAI removes requirement of maintaining minimum amount in FASTag account, wallet
Issuer banks were unilaterally mandating some threshold amount value for the FASTag account/wallet, in addition to the security deposit amount.
February 10, 2021 -
NHAI to penalise firms for lapses in quality
In case of a major lapse leading to loss of human life, a heavy fine up to Rs 10 crore and debarment of the firm/personnel up to 3 years along with rectification by the defaulting Contractors/Concessionaires on their own cost may be imposed.
February 2, 2021 -
FASTag registers 400% growth YoY basis: NHAI
As per the statement, the government's direction to move towards 100 per cent digital transaction for payments at the toll plazas provided the required impetus for the 'FASTag' adoption.
November 12, 2020 -
NHAI form SPV for Delhi-Mumbai ‘Greenfield’ Expressway project
Currently, the NHAI is implementing about 28,000 km of highways under 'Bharatmala Pariyojna' Phase-1, and the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is one of the flagship corridors.
August 13, 2020 -
BHU-NHAI tie-up to improve road quality
This research work will be carried out under assistant professor in the Civil Engineering department, Nikhil Saboo, as the principle investigator and Ankit Gupta as the co-principal investigator.
August 7, 2020 -
NHAI becomes first construction sector organization to go ‘fully digital’
With the advance analytics, the Data Lake software will forecast the delays, likely disputes and will give advance alerts.
June 12, 2020 -
NHAI to develop new Sikh circuit
The Union minister said both moves besides providing the shortest connectivity to Amritsar as well as a direct link between the holy city and Delhi.
June 9, 2020 -
NHAI gears up to keep National Highways in good condition before monsoon
NHAI has issued new policy guidelines to help its ROs/ PDs plan and prioritize better, and then expedite the process of highway maintenance in the desired manner.
May 30, 2020