Tag: Nitin Gadkari

Himachal minister urges Centre for speedy approval of NHs

Vikramaditya Singh demanded Rs 500 crore under Central Roads Fund for the development and improvement of roads in the state.

June 2, 2023

BJP to begin month-long mass outreach campaign today

This campaign aims to engage with 1,000 prominent individuals from every Lok Sabha constituency.

May 31, 2023

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari receives death threat

 Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari received a death threat via phone call at his Delhi residence on Monday evening.

May 16, 2023

Gadkari asks SCO countries to collaborate to meet challenges in road transport sector

Gadkari said the SCO transport ministers could bring solutions that shall help the member nations to build an ecosystem for collaboration and cooperation.

April 28, 2023

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik writes to Nitin Gadkari over pending NH-55 works

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in a letter to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari asked for early completion of the Cuttack-Angul-Sambalpur section of NH-55.

March 25, 2023

Nitin Gadkari lays stone for 18 NH projects in UP

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways said the Rs 10,000-crore projects will generate employment opportunities in the state and boost industrial development.

March 13, 2023

Jailed gangster in Karnataka made threatening calls to Nitin Gadkari’s office: Nagpur Police identifies caller

The caller has been identified as Jayesh Kantha, a jailed gangster, serving imprisonment in Belagavi jail

January 15, 2023

Rajasthan: Gadkari okays upgradation of NH-25 in Barmer

The Union Minister said the project passes through backward districts of Rajasthan, improvement of the project route will lead to economic development of the region and congestion free traffic movement.

December 20, 2022

First-ever surety bond insurance product to be launched on Dec 19: Gadkari

Gadkari announced this while addressing the CII's Global Economic Summit, adding that the product will be of great help to the contractors.

December 8, 2022

Gadkari inaugurates 2 highway projects worth Rs 1,082 cr in Bengal

Gadkari said fulfilling the 60-year-old demand of the people of Dalkhola (NH-34), this 5 km and 4-lane bypass built at the total cost of Rs 120 crore, will finally solve the traffic problem in Dalkhola town now.

November 18, 2022

Nitin Gadkari recovers after brief illness in Siliguri

Nitin Gadkari suddenly fell ill after the end of his official programme in Siliguri. He came here to lay the foundation stone for a 12 km long elevated road from Balasan to Sevoke.

November 17, 2022

Hayuliang-Hawai highway project in Arunachal to be completed this year, says Gadkari

The highway project for 13.4 Km two-Lane Hayuliang-Hawai (Package-I) in Arunachal Pradesh with a total project cost of Rs 138.13 crore will be completed this year.

October 5, 2022

Highway EV public transport to become cheaper: Gadkari

The concluding phase of Technical & Commercial trial with Busses and long-range electric SUV on Delhi-Jaipur stretch from 9th September 2022 is underway.

September 27, 2022

Gadkari calls for reduction of logistics cost from 14-16 per cent to 10 per cent

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday emphasised the need for a reduction in logistics costs from the current around 14 to 16 per cent to 10 per cent with "cooperation, coordination and communication" among stakeholders.

September 20, 2022

Gadkari seeks US investments in roads and highways projects in India

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has called for investors from the US to come forward and invest in roads and highway projects in India, according to an official statement released on Monday.

September 12, 2022

Gadkari stresses on collaboration among stakeholders for qualitative reforms in transportation sector

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday emphasized on collaboration amongst all stakeholders for qualitative reforms in the transportation sector.

September 8, 2022

Seatbelts will be compulsory for all passengers in car: Nitin Gadkari

Sharing a video from an event, the Union Minister said that seatbelts will be mandated. "It will now be mandatory for all the people sitting in the car to wear a seat belt," tweeted Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.

September 7, 2022