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Scrappage plan has sops for buying new vehicles, pain for driving old ones

Policy will increase business, employment and reduce pollution, says transport minister

Chaos at toll plazas as commuters grapple with enforcement of FASTags

In the absence of the FASTag, the vehicle owner has to pay double the toll amount as penalty to pass through the plaza

Plan to reduce 50% of road related deaths by 2025, says Gadkari

Road ministry has rectified 2,500 black spots that caused accidents of the total of 6K identified nationwide and has urged states to cooperate in reducing related deaths by 50% by 2025, Gadkari said

Govt eases curbs on steel for highway construction to reduce cost

Doing away with restrictive conditions for use of steel in highways construction, the government on Sunday announced that all kinds of steel will be allowed for highways

No FASTag? Pay twice the amount on highway toll plazas after Feb 15

The ministry has decided that all lanes in the toll plazas on national highways shall be declared as "FASTag lane of the fee plaza" with effect from midnight of February 15-16

Uttarakhand glacier burst may spell more trouble for Char Dham road project

Almost all the national highway projects in Uttarakhand had been grouped under the name of Char Dham project by the Union ministry of road transport and highways

Economic corridor to cut down travel time between Delhi-Dehradun by 4 hrs

The new highway will cut down the travel time from 6.5 hours as of now, to just 2.5 hours as the corridor is designed for driving with a minimum 100 Kmph speed

NHAI removes min amount in FASTag Wallet for seamless movement of traffic

Says issuer banks were unilaterally mandating threshold amount value in addition to security deposit, due to which users were held up at toll plaza in spite of having sufficient balance

Average pace of NH construction in Apr-Dec was 28 km/day: Gadkari

The pace of highway construction during April-December 2020, on average, was 28 km a day amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Parliament was informed

Enhanced budgetary allocation for highways to speed up projects: Official

Enhanced budgetary allocation for the highways sector will help in faster implementation of projects, a top official said

Road Min gets 'highest ever' allocation of Rs 1.18 trn in Budget 2021-22

FM announces over Rs 2 trillion worth highways in 4 states

After 'green tax' approval, govt may put vehicle scrap policy on hold

"The announcement of green tax is a step towards the scrappage policy," an official told Business Standard

Record construction of 534 km of national highways in one week: Govt

The road ministry on Sunday said that a record 534 km of national highways was constructed in one week, beginning January 8, 2020

Mandatory implementation of FASTag from today; hybrid lane open till Feb 15

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways mandated fitment of FASTag with effect from Friday, in M and N categories of motor vehicles sold before December 1, 2017

Govt extends validity of vehicle documents like DL, RC, permits till Mar 31

The move is in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic

Union Minister Gadkari announces multi-model logistics park in Silchar

Nitin Gadkari has announced that a multi-model logistics park will be constructed in Silchar and the Balacherra-Harengajao section of the Silchar-Saurashtra Highway will be completed in March 2022

Driving into 2021, govt sets eyes on expanding road infra, more EVs

From Kailash Mansarovar route to Zojila tunnel to Lipulekh pass, massive construction works in the country''s roads and highways sector are either in progress or launched or have been completed

Gadkari to inaugurate, lay foundation stone for 18 highway projects in Raj

Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for 18 highway projects in Rajasthan virtually

Gadkari lays foundation stone for Rs 13,000 cr road projects in Telangana

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation for 14 national highway (NH) projects in Telangana through video conferencing on Monday

Concerted efforts to curb road accidents result in reducing deaths: Gadkari

Expressing concern over India accounting for 11 per cent share in global road accident deaths, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said concerted efforts have resulted in reducing crashes significantly.