Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that the Centre will framework a policy to know the condition and age of all the bridges across the country.He said that the Ministry had prepared the Indian Bridge Management System in order to collect information about all the bridges of the country.Speaking at the launch of the book "Building Bridges - Shaping the Future" written by Sachidanand Joshi and Vaibhav Dange, the union minister said that the Centre is mulling over making use of stainless steel in the bridges being built on the seaside. He said this will help in increasing the strength and longevity of the bridges as well as making them more secure.Highlighting new-age technologies, Gadkari said that new technology will have to be adopted for connecting the spans of bridges."We have a span of 30 metre in India. There is a span of 45 meters in Malaysia. This reduces the cost of the bridge by 30-40 per cent," he said.Gadkari emphasised on ...
Gadkari said after he became the minister of road transport and highways, he decided to change the face of Uttarakhand with projects worth Rs 2 lakh crore
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday met three central ministers, including Nitin Gadkari, here and discussed in detail the issues of his state, an official statement said.
He said Indian Oil from Faridabad has assured to supply green Hydrogen for this vehicle
Gadkari said he has discussed with his two cabinet colleagues the need to draft a policy on using the drone technology in the farm sector
The minister was speaking at the inauguration event of an exhibition organised by 'Agrovision'
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday laid the foundation stone of National Highway projects of 240 Km worth Rs 9,119 crore in Meerut and Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh
The Expressway connects Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Meerut
Gadkari also said the government is working to encourage the use of green and alternative fuels
A total of 116,496 road accidents occurred on national highways, including expressways, in 2020, causing 47,984 deaths, Parliament was informed
The Road Transport and Highways Minister said that there is a huge opportunity for investors in India's infrastructure sector as the traffic density is rising every year
Gadkari emphasised on infrastructure development for employment generation and economic prosperity
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari urged investors to invest more in infrastructure projects for good returns.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday called upon investors to take up road projects as they offer "very high" internal rate of return, ensuring their economic viability. Assuring investors that their investments are safe, the road transport and highways minister said the possibility of any project getting stalled is nil now. "The internal rate of return in the road sector is very high and so there is no need to worry about their economic viability," Gadkari said while addressing a national conference on investment opportunities in highways, transport and logistics. Recalling his stint as the Public Works Department (PWD) minister in the first Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra in the early 1990s, he said even in those days money was never a problem to fund infrastructure as he could successfully raise funds and build the Mumbai-Pune Expressway with public money, which then went on to become a model for infrastructure financing. "When Reliance submitted the tender for the ...
He was speaking at a national conference on investment opportunities in highways, transport and logistics
Nitin Gadkari will chair National Conference on 'Investment Opportunities in Highways, Transport and Logistics' in Mumbai on Friday.
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said private sector investment in road construction in 2020-21 and 2019-20 was Rs 12,475.53 crore and Rs 21,925.98 crore, respectively
The Road Transport and Highways minister said the country has set several world records in road construction despite Covid
The minister said 49 projects in about 4,970 km costing about Rs 113,000 crore are in various stages of progress and are targeted for completion by 2023-24
Gadkari further said there is a need to reduce delay in the decision making process