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Hans India
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Green signal to 4-lane highway from Nirmal to Bhainsa
Nirmal: The Central government has approved the expansion of the existing 2-lane NH 61 from Nirmal to Kalyan into a 4-lane national highway covering 53 km within Telangana. Earlier, MLAs from Nirmal district Eleti Maheshwar Reddy, Ramarao Patel, Palvai Harish, and MP Godam Nagesh had submitted a proposal to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, in Delhi regarding this project. Recently, the Central government announced had plans to develop 15 roads in the state into 4-lane national highways with a budget of 33,690 crore, aiming for completion by 2028. The government requested the State to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) promptly.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
Move over Bharatmala, here comes Viksit Bharat Gati Shakti Maha marg, ETInfra
Advt By & , ETInfra After the Bharatmala Pariyojana road and highway development programme, the next phase of the country's road development will be centered around high-speed corridors and expressways, which will be christened ' Viksit Bharat Gati Shakti Mahamarg ' in keeping with the 'viksit' flavour of all government flagship schemes as the country marches towards a developed nation.'We undertook our first push towards highway development with the Golden Quadrilateral, the vision that was given out in the late 1990s and the second spurt has happened in the post 2014 era,' said V. Umashankar, Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways , in his address at ET Infra Roads and Highways Secretary highlighted that the country will now transition from highway development to more of high-speed corridors, expressway development with an aim to bring down the logistics cost.'We are looking at the same vision of a Golden Quadrilateral being translated into a high-speed corridor and the expressway corridor of Golden Quadrilateral. So, we are calling it the Viksit Bharat Gati Shakti Mahamarg. We still haven't got at the stage of approval for it, but our planning has been centered around that,' he added, outlining that the highway construction requirement is expected to reach saturation levels in 15-20 an interview to ET Infra earlier, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Harsh Malhotra said the next phase of road development by the central government will be focused on developing 40,000 km of high-speed corridors which will enable vehicle speed of up to 120 km/hr.'The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways' vision for 2047 envisages interstate connectivity and economic corridors which connect states and industrial corridors. Highway speed along with economic growth is the vision of the government,' Malhotra had Golden Quadrilateral project focused on developing a network of national highways connecting Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, while the ongoing Bharatmala programme is aimed at providing National Highways linkage to 550 districts.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
ET Infra's Roads and Highways Summit: Improving BOT model, tech-enabled highway development, key focus points at the event, ETInfra
Advt Advt By , ETInfra NEW DELHI: Technology-enabled road development, quality maintenance as well as choosing the optimum financing model were among the key themes which resonated amongst the speakers and participants at the second edition of ET Infra's Roads and Highways Summit which was held on Friday in guest at the summit, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Harsh Malhotra, emphasized on the rapid development of highways and rural roads since 2014, which has substantially led to GDP growth and employment generation, especially in previously underserved regions like the Northeast. He further highlighted that major road infrastructure development in and around Delhi is expected to decongest the city and significantly reduce pollution.V. Umashankar, Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways , spoke on significant progress in highway construction over the past decade but noted a recent dip in the pace of awards, necessitating a recalibration of direction, including improving and making more attractive the Build–Operate–Transfer (BOT) Model of highways further outlined that highway construction globally and in India as well occurs in spurts, with the country's road infrastructure buildup expected to see saturation within the next 15-20 Kaswan, Member of Parliament and Member, Standing Committee on Transport, highlighted that while India has made strides in highway development, the infrastructure continues to face issues such as a lack of white lines and lane segmentation, faulty entry/exit points, improper compaction leading to road settlement, and potholes. He called for such issues to be addressed by the ministry and National Highways Authority of India in order to prevent the number of accidents on India's Gen Raghu Srinivasan, Director General, Border Roads Organisation, underlined that since 2014, significant government impetus on infrastructure has led to a surge in border connectivity, transforming remote villages and ensuring strategic sovereignty. Major projects like the Sela Tunnel, the upcoming Shinku la Tunnel, and the Indo-Myanmar border fencing underscore the organisation's expanding scope and its commitment to developing vital infrastructure despite extreme Jhala, Member of Parliament and Member, Standing Committee on Transport, stated that for the future, the focus should be on developing climate-resilient infrastructure to withstand the impacts of global warming and sporadic weather discussions amongst various stakeholders from the industry and government deliberated on relevant roles of Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT) and Build–operate–transfer (BOT) Model, as well as budgetary support to the roads and highway development along with the need for sustainable practices were also among the key topics of discussion at the summit was supported by industry partners Arcadis, Welspun Enterprises, Bosch, Autodesk, Xpedeon, CP Plus, ACE (Action Construction Equipment), Khaitan & Co, Equirus Raghnall, JSA, Dextra, associations included Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, NAREDCO, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, Construction Industry Development Council, National Rural Infrastructure Development partners included International Road Federation (India Chapter), Construction Federation of India, National Highways Builders Federation.
Hans India
4 days ago
- Business
- Hans India
Rajanna Foundation receives ‘CSR Times Award 2025'
Tirupati: Rajanna Foundation, supported by Amara Raja Group, has received the esteemed 'CSR Times Award 2025' in recognition of its outstanding contributions to rural and infrastructure development. At the Global CSR Awards 2025 ceremony held in New Delhi, Rajanna Foundation Head, Rallapalli Satish, received the award from Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari. The foundation's initiatives, including the construction of water check-dams, underground drainage systems, provision of free medical services, drinking water facilities, and veterinary hospitals, have significantly improved the quality of life for rural communities. Founder of Rajanna Foundation, Galla Ramachandra Naidu, expressed his gratitude for the award, highlighting the foundation's commitment to enhancing rural infrastructure and improving livelihoods. Amara Raja Group Chairman Galla Jayadev emphasised that this recognition underscores the foundation's dedication to creating a positive social impact and pledged to continue delivering impactful services.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
NHAI pauses fund raise; to focus on improving BOT model to entice investors, says MoS Harsh Malhotra, ETInfra
NEW DELHI: Alarming debt levels have led the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to pause fund raise and the high Advt Advt way developer is refining the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Model to attract investors and lighten its balance sheet, a senior government official has said.'We have been able to cut down about ₹85,700 crore of NHAI debt and we are improvising the BOT Model so that the debt level further comes down. Additionally, we have decided not to raise further loans. The roads and highways which have already been constructed, we have plans to remonetise them,' said Harsh Malhotra, Minister for Road Transport and Highways, in an interview to ET to extensive road development undertaken by NHAI primarily through borrowings, the authority's debt had risen to about ₹3.4 lakh crore, raising concerns about implications of massive debt on its a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Model, a private developer is responsible for financing, building and operating a project for a specific concession period in which developer is allowed to recover the development investments by way of user charges or tolls charged. Under such a model, the financial burden on the government is limited. However, the model fell out of favour due to land acquisitions, financial risks faced by private to lukewarm response to BOT Model, in the past several years, the government has resorted to Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) Model of road development, in which the government partly or fully takes up the financial highlighted that the next phase of road development by the central government will be focused on developing 40,000 km of high-speed corridors which will enable vehicle speed of up to 120 km/ to the NHAI, the country has about 63 lakh km of road network, of which 1.46 lakh km are national highways on which 50 per cent of India's traffic is transported.'By 2034, development of almost 40,000 km of high-speed corridors is being aimed which can enable vehicles to run at a speed of 100 km/hr to up to 120 km/hr. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways' vision for 2047 envisages interstate connectivity and economic corridors which connect states and industrial corridors. Highway speed along with economic growth is the vision of the government,' said per the ministry, as of February 2025, 6,669 km length of high speed greenfield corridors have been awarded with construction completed for 4,610 of the major ongoing projects is the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, which when completed is expected to reduce the travel time between the two cities from 32 hours to about 12 hours.'The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is being constructed at a cost of ₹12,500 crore and once completed, it will enable the travel between the cities within 12 hours and will have amenities for travelers after every 100 km,' said from high-speed corridors, the ministry is also focused on developing bypasses or ring roads around major Indian cities in order to enable smooth movement of traffic.'A quadrilateral highway connecting the cities of Chitrakoot, Ayodhya, Varanasi, and Gorakhpur is being constructed. The road will touch the cultural sites. In the future, for all major cities such as Indore, Guwahati and others, bypasses or ring roads are being planned,' said who is a member of Parliament from Delhi, outlined that in order to smoothen the traffic to and from Delhi International Airport, the ministry has proposed the development of a 7-km long underground tunnel.'We have proposed constructing a 7 km long tunnel linking Delhi's Nelson Mandela Road with Urban Extension Road-II in order to smoothen the traffic flow to and from Delhi International Airport,' said Malhotra, adding that several road development projects are underway which will ensure traffic from neighbouring states do not enter the capital and congest the NHAI, a 76 km long Urban Extension Road-II is also being developed, which will divert heavy traffic from neighbouring states away from the national capital. By , ETInfra
