Kirti Azad meets NHAI officials on repair of highways
The TMC MP has urged the officials of National Highways Authority of India to repair and maintain the service roads properly.
The TMC MP has urged the officials of National Highways Authority of India to repair and maintain the service roads properly.
In addition, to ensure the availability of resources for effective disaster preparedness, the highways authority is mapping the availability of key machinery for timely deployment.
Ground preparation has already started at the selected sites and plantations shall be taken up during the upcoming monsoon season scheduled to be completed by end of Aug 2024.
In what comes as a relief to the transport operators, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is to allow discounts to state carriage buses.
It is to be noted that the NHAI has raised Rs 40,314 crore through various modes of asset monetisation in 2023-24 against the target of Rs 28,868 crore, and as of now, the authority’s asset monetisation has crossed Rs 1 trillion.
A simple solution to control time and cost overruns would be to condense the timeline of all Government projects to one year. Typically, each Government Department has scores of projects running simultaneously. Budget allocations are made in a way that some projects hibernate while others are speeded-up. If a time period of one year is uniformly allocated for all Government projects, starting from 1 April, cost and time overruns could be easily monitored
The High Court would conduct the next hearing on 13 March where the NHAI chief would have to produce the video clip of the attempt to cross the highway with school children.
Road Safety Week: The completion of this 15-day training has been made a key criterion for promotions of engineers to posts of manager and deputy general manager.
Aiming to improve the efficiency and transparency of internal processes and take forward the adoption of digital technology, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has started accepting Electronic Bank Guarantees (E-BGs) and has also digitalised all its existing Bank Guarantees.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday emphasized on collaboration amongst all stakeholders for qualitative reforms in the transportation sector.