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NHAI to float bids for monetising 10 projects by April

Ever since the govt's nod for monetisation, NHAI has been conducting traffic studies

Hybrid annuity road projects gain pace

Between the current financial year and the last financial year, NHAI alone awarded 24 projects under HAM

NHAI requires Rs 71,911 crore for highway projects

LIC agreed to subscribe to NHAI taxable bonds to the tune of Rs 25,000 crore

NHAI raises Rs 10,000 cr from EPFO; LIC to invest Rs 8,500 cr

NHAI has raised Rs 10,000 crore through taxable bonds of EPFO in this financial year

NHAI to raise Rs 55K crore via EPFO, LIC, bonds this fiscal

LIC has offered the coupon rate of 30 years maturity at G-sec rate plus 50 bps per annum

NHAI to eliminate all level crossings on NH corridors

MORTH and NHAI will replace all level crossings on NH corridors with road overbridges and underbridges in next 5 years

NHAI awards Rs 1,444 cr Punjab contract to GR Infraprojects

Project pertains to four-laning of a 81-km stretch of Phagwara-Rupnagar

Highway contracts hit a rough patch in first half of FY17

Official says, the shortfall is because the government was not ready with the detailed project reports

NHAI to monetise 40 projects in 1st phase, eyes Rs 20,000 crore

The move follows the government's move to authorise NHAI to monetise the public funded highway projects in August

NHAI awards Rs 249 crore project in Haryana to Gawar Construction

The project is scheduled to be completed in 24 months from the date of commencement of the project

NHAI gets Rs 30,000-crore loan offer from global pension fund

Finalises road assets worth Rs 1 lakh cr for monetization

NHAI awards Rs 820 crore project in Rajasthan to PNC Infratech

The project will have 3 major bridges, 12 minor bridges, 1 Railway-over-bridge, 3 bypasses of a total length of 22 km

NHAI awards Rs 2,000 crore project in Punjab to Ashoka Concessions

It will improve connectivity and faster movement of traffic from industrial hub of Ludhiana to Chandigarh and other parts of North India

In infrastructure funding, repairs take a back seat

Little attention is being paid to keeping roads, bridges and flyovers in good shape

Ashoka Buildcon wins Rs 1,600 crore road project in Punjab from NHAI

The project is part of Rs 2,070-crore highways project in Punjab approved by the Cabinet in June under hybrid annuity mode

Regulatory issues, land acquisition delay 112 NHAI projects

Other reasons include non-availability of aggregates, poor performance of contractors, delay in statutory clearances, public agitations

NHAI eyes Rs 50,000 cr from bond sale; EPFO, LIC get on board

Authority has plans to raise at least Rs 50,000 crore in 2016-17 to meet its requirement of funds for highway projects

NHAI official says poor drain management cause for NH8 traffic jam

At present, there was no traffic jam, but warned about the poor drainage system

'We'll keep up project roll-out momentum'

Less than a year into his tenure as the chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), RAGHAV CHANDRA is looking forward to a real-time recovery in the highway sector. The NHAI has not only managed to set the ball rolling for fresh fund infusion into languishing projects, it sees big companies returning to the sector soon. In an interview with Megha Manchanda & Jyoti Mukul, Chandra says the spill off effect on other sectors like cement, bitumen and steel have started showing. Edited excerpts:

NHAI to bid out 30,000 km highway projects in three years: Chairman

Most of the expressways are designed as greenfield projects which will be access controlled