National Highways News
Highway tolls burning a hole in your pocket? The government has a plan
The government is exploring a toll pass system to cut costs for frequent travellers, aiming to balance commuter relief with highway revenue sustainability.
2 min read21 Feb 2025India’s highways construction slows, but govt aims for a final push
The government’s focus on maintaining existing highways and building complex projects pushed down actual highway construction and awards in the first nine months of FY25. But it could be a race to the budgetary finish line in the final three months of the financial year.
3 min read29 Jan 2025Highway capex moves in slow lane in FY25
Highway and road sector may lead slowing of Centre’s capex spent on infrastructure projects in the current fiscal with Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) spending just 55% of record capex allotted to it In the first eight months of FY25.
4 min read17 Dec 2024India’s infra ambitions to get a new X factor: The military
India’s infrastructure strategy is set to get an unexpected twist: integrating military needs into civilian projects involving roads, ports, and airports. But it’s not only India’s defence preparedness that will benefit.
4 min read10 Nov 2024Hydrogen highways: India gears up for nationwide fuelling network of the clean mobility gas
A committee, composed of officials from the ministry of road transport and highways, the ministry of new and renewable energy, including the principal scientific adviser to the government, and headed by Nitin Gadkari, will develop recommendations and an action plan to create hydrogen corridors.
5 min read15 Jul 2024Elections push highway construction in slow lane despite high capex
The highway construction fell by12% to 1,288 kilometres in April-May from 1,465km in the year-ago period.The centre awarded only one 4km road project during the two months, compared to road projects of 382 km a year ago
2 min read28 Jun 2024Mint Primer: Why building of highways in India is slowing down
The national highway network has risen 60% from 91,287 km in 2014 to 146,145 km in 2023 with the length of four lanes and above rising 2.5 times
2 min read28 May 2024NHAI reports highest-ever highway construction in FY24
The state-owned company built 6,644 km of national highways in FY24 against the target of 6,544 km. In FY23 it built 5,544 km of national highways.
1 min read2 Apr 2024NHAI raises more than ₹16,000 crore in its largest InvIT monetisation round
In the third round of monetisation, NHAI’s infrastructure investment trust raised around ₹7,272 crore from domestic and international investors, and debt of around ₹9,000 crore from Indian lenders to fund the acquisition of national highway stretches.
2 min read19 Mar 2024How NHAI plans to dodge a debt trap
India’s premier highway construction body is in a race against time to monetize its assets and pare its debt
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