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State-owned NHAI on Monday said residents living within a 20 km radius of an eligible toll plaza can purchase a local pass digitally through the Rajmargyatra Mobile App, allowing unlimited travel through the respective toll plaza during the month. Earlier, commuters were required to visit the toll plaza physically and submit supporting documents to establish their eligibility. Under the new digital framework, the entire process can now be digitally completed within a few minutes. NHAI, in a statement, said the newly introduced 'local pass' feature enables eligible commuters to purchase a toll pass digitally through the Rajmargyatra Mobile App without visiting the toll plaza. The first facility of digital local toll pass has been introduced at the Mundka Bakkarwala Toll Plaza on Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) in Delhi and will be rolled out at other toll plazas across the country in the coming months, it added. According to the statement, the initiative leverages consent-based ..
After a video of a section of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway caving in went viral, NHAI has suspended the team leader of the authority engineer and the project manager of the contractor even as it said the cave-in was due to water stagnation following rains. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in a statement said it has also issued show cause notices to the concerned project director, authority engineer and EPC contractor. A road surface cave-in observed on the DelhiDehradun Economic Corridor on July 1, 2026 was the result of localized water stagnation following rainfall the previous night, coupled with constraints in commissioning the permanent cross-drainage system at the location, NHAI said. "NHAI regrets the inconvenience caused to NH commuters due to the road surface cave-in at a location on the DelhiDehradun Economic Corridor following rainfall. The section has been restored and opened for regular traffic movement," it said in a post on X. According to NHAI, the .
Stating that the constitutional guarantee of just compensation cannot be diluted, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said solatium and interest in a land acquisition matter cannot be contingent on the magnitude of the financial burden. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan made the observation while disposing of the National Highway Authority of India's (NHAI) plea seeking review of the apex court's February 4, 2025 verdict -- that the 2019 decision of the top court allowing grant of compensation and interest to farmers whose land was acquired under the NHAI Act would apply retrospectively. The bench said interest payable to the landowners will be according to the land Acquisition Act, which is nine per cent, and not the NHAI Act, which has a five per cent cap. The court said NHAI sought a review the decision on the grounds that financial liability from solatium and interest to those whose land was acquired by NHAI was not Rs 100 crore as was claimed but around Rs
The Delhi government has approved the outstanding payments to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for the construction of two major expressways around the national capital. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday that the cabinet recently approved a proposal by the Public Works Department to clear the outstanding amount in a phased manner. "As part of this plan, Rs 500 crore will be released in the financial year 2025-26 from the revised budget estimates to the Union Government or the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)," a statement from the Chief Minister's Office said. The remaining Rs 3,203.33 crore will be paid in instalments in the coming years, depending on budgetary provisions, it added. According to the chief minister, the expressways, which became operational in 2018, have effectively created a protective traffic ring around Delhi through Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. "The payment would resolve long-pending inter-state financial issues and improve ..
State-owned National Highways Authority of India-sponsored Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) on Monday said the anchor portion of its upcoming IPO will be allocated to only domestic investors. The anchor book will open for subscription on March 10. "We are in advanced discussions with anchor investors regarding the investment. The anchor portion will be allocated to domestic investors," NHAI Chairman Sathosh Kumar Yadav told reporters here ahead of its Rs 6,000-crore initial public offering. Of the issue size, over Rs 1,700 crore will be allocated to anchor investors. Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust's maiden public offering will open on March 11 and close on March 13. This will be the first time, NHAI is opening its asset monetisation programme to retail investors. The InvIT's IPO price has been fixed between Rs 99 and Rs 100 per unit. The initiative marks an important step in broadening public participation in the National Highway infrastructure growth story. The public I