India’s longest arch bridge takes shape! Steel girders for arch bridge linking Coastal Road to Bandra Worli Sea Link to be launched at night
The steel girder meant for the bow-string arch bridge connecting the Mumbai Coastal Road to the Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL) arrived in Worli on Thursday. The 136-metre girder weighs 2,000 metric tonnes. It was transported via the Arabian Sea from the Nhava Sheva jetty in Raigad, The Indian Express reported.

Road ministry blames Union cabinet for delay in awarding of highway contracts
New Delhi: Delays in getting cabinet approvals impeded India's trajectory of road development in the just-concluded fiscal, according to a report from the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH). 

Roadways push! Cube Highways Trust to acquire seven highway assets across Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu
Cube Highways Trust, managed by Cube Highways Fund Advisors Pvt Ltd, recently announced that it will acquire seven highway assets. These assets are from Singapore-based Cube Highways and Infrastructure III Pte Ltd and Cube Highways Infrastructure Pte Ltd, totaling an enterprise value of Rs 5,172 crore.

CDRI urges swift action to boost investments in robust infrastructure; Amit Prothi highlights the challenges world faces due to growing frequency of disasters
The International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI), held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, commenced on April 24th. It serves as a pivotal two-day gathering, bringing together global stakeholders including governments, infrastructure entities, multilateral development banks, the private sector, and the media. The conference, organised by the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019, boasts 46 member nations.

Highways sector on expansion drive but project delays persist
New Delhi: Leaving behind a good infrastructure is a legacy which every government aspires for. “We consider infrastructure development as the driving force of the economy,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised last month highlighting his government’s efforts in the last 10 years to expand roads and highways infrastructure, an exercise crucial to propel India among the top three economies globally.

Green highways, advanced tolling mechanism etc. still remain to be done
How has the NDA government performed with respect to expansion of national highways (NH)?

Mumbai-Pune Expressway gets new speed limits. Check it out

NHAI likely to extend FASTag KYC compliance deadline by one month: Sources

Three National Highways, 104 roads blocked in Himachal Pradesh as widespread rain, snow wreak havoc; MeT sounds yellow alert
As many as 104 roads and three national highways were blocked and normal life in Himachal Pradesh was disrupted on Saturday (April 20) as higher reaches experienced snowfall and mid to lower hills were lashed with rain, officials reported. 

Worli underpass to provide direct access to Mumbai Coastal Road and Bandra Worli Sea Link – Details inside
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is working on the Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP), which connects Marine Drive with Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL), to ensure smooth traffic flow.

NHAI eyes Rs 54,000 crore via monetisation in FY25
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is aiming to raise around Rs 54,000 crore from monetisation of brownfield road assets and project-based financing in the current financial year, which will be its highest ever mop-up via this route, a senior official said.

NHAI identifies 33 highway stretches for monetisation
 

NARCL makes binding bid for Essel Infra's road project debt

NHAI to monetise 2741 km through toll operate transfer, InvIT in FY25

These stretches include Lucknow-Aligarh, Kanpur-Ayodhya-Gorakhpur, and Bareilly-Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh, Gurugram-Kotputli-Jaipur bypass and Jaipur-Kishangarh in Rajasthan, Panikoili-Rimuli in Odisha, Chennai Bypass in Tamil Nadu, and Muzaffarpur-Darbhanga-Purnia highway in Bihar.

Overhaul of rural roads scheme likely after polls; proposal part of govt's Viksit Bharat by 2047 plan

NHAI to raise Rs 45,ooo crore from monetisation of 33 projects

Committed to develop sustainable, environmentally friendly national highway network: NHAI chief
With a focus on building a robust and sustainable national highway network, NHAI organized a day long national workshop to discuss different aspects of environmental impact assessment, planning and mitigation for holistic National Highway development in New Delhi on Monday.

Highway construction to hit 12,500-13,000 km in FY25
New Delhi: India’s national highway (NH) construction pace is expected to grow by 5-8 per cent y-o-y to 12,500-13,000 km in the current financial year, which ends in March 2025, aided by a healthy pipeline of projects. ICRA said it expects road execution to witness a growth of 5-8 per cent to 12,500-13,000 km, after recording a robust expansion of around 20 per cent in FY24.

Centre working on five-year plan to reduce NHAI‘s debt
 

India likely to construct 5-8% more roads y/y in 2024/25 - ICRA

Toll fee exemption hoardings on NHs may be history soon

India plans to widen bridges across highways
New Delhi: The government is planning to widen all bridges running across highways to make them as wide as the highways themselves.

Macquarie, Canada Pension are among bidders on India road assets

Highway toll mopup rises 35% to 5-year high of INR 64,810 crore

Highway construction up 20% on year in FY24
Highway construction in the just-concluded financial year (FY24) touched 12349 km clocking the second best performance ever, but fell short of the ‘aspirational target’ of 13814 km, a senior official said Tuesday.

Highway toll mopup rises 35% to 5-year high of ₹64,810 crore

Road construction up 20% on year in FY24
New Delhi: Highway construction In the just-concluded financial year (FY24) touched 12,349 km, clocking the second-best performance ever, but fell short of the 'aspirational target' of 13,814 km, a senior official said on Tuesday.  Though the target was missed, the highway building in 2023-24 was up 20% as compared to 2022-23. 

IRB Infrastructure ends FY24 with sharp growth of 30 per cent in toll collection in March
IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited and its associate, IRB Infrastructure Trust, on Tuesday (April 9) announced a significant rise in their toll revenue growth. The firm reported a remarkable 30% year-on-year increase for the month of March 2024. 

MoRTH builds 12,349 km of highways in FY24, 2nd highest so far

Railways on track to meet target of 100% electrification by FY25

In 2021, the Union Ministry of Railways said in a Rajya Sabha answer that the Indian Railways is “likely to electrify all broad gauge rail lines by 2023-24.”