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116,000 accidents, about 48,000 deaths on national highways in 2020: Govt

A total of 116,496 road accidents occurred on national highways, including expressways, in 2020, causing 47,984 deaths, Parliament was informed

NHAI toll revenue to jump to Rs 1.40 trn in three years: Gadkari

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 lays stone, inaugurates road projects worth Rs 4,160 crore in UP

Gadkari emphasised on infrastructure development for employment generation and economic prosperity

Upset Dhirubhai, nixed Reliance tender for Mumbai-Pune expressway: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari urged investors to invest more in infrastructure projects for good returns.

No doubt about economic viability of road projects: Nitin Gadkari

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 ...

Economic viability of infra projects high in India, says Gadkari

He was speaking at a national conference on investment opportunities in highways, transport and logistics

Gadkari to chair conference on investment opportunities in Mumbai today

Nitin Gadkari will chair National Conference on 'Investment Opportunities in Highways, Transport and Logistics' in Mumbai on Friday.

Private sector invests Rs 15,164 cr in roads till November this fiscal

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

Govt exploring public financing for road infra projects: Gadkari

The Road Transport and Highways minister said the country has set several world records in road construction despite Covid

Total length of national highways up at 140,937 km till Nov-end: Gadkari

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

Conciliation committees should decide road infra cases in 3 months: Gadkari

Gadkari further said there is a need to reduce delay in the decision making process

Nearly 48,000 people died in accidents on national highways in 2020

A total of 47,984 people died due to road accidents on National Highways, including on expressways, during calendar year 2020, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said as many as 53,872 persons died due to road accidents on National Highways, including on expressways, in 2019. Gadkari said the major causes of accidents on the National Highways (NHs) are vehicle design and condition, road engineering, over-speeding, drunken driving/ consumption of alcohol & drug, driving on wrong side, jumping the red light, use of mobile phone, etc. He also said the ministry has issued guidelines for improving the road safety through road safety audits at all stages (design stage, construction stage and O&M stage) by engaging independent road safety experts. Replying to a separate question, Gadkari said during the oxygen crisis in March-April 2021, shortage of technically qualified trained drivers .

Plan to create value from waste, use green hydrogen, says Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that he envisions to "create value from waste" and is planning to use green hydrogen to run buses, trucks, and cars in Indian cities.

India saw 366,138 road accidents in 2020, causing 131,714 deaths: Gadkari

Gadkari said NHAI has identified 5,500 km, 7,300 km and 8,900 km length of National Highways (NHs) stretches for monetisation, respectively, in 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25

Development impossible without good roads, says Nitin Gadkari

He said a new national highway, to be constructed at a cost of Rs 40,000 crore, will link Surat in western state of Gujarat to South India

Farmers should turn to ethanol production for more profit: Gadkari

Gadkari said farmers should turn to ethanol production instead of growing conventional crops, as this will improve profitability and provide green fuel to the country

Centre's road map for J&K to provide freedom from poverty: Gadkari

The road map of the central government for Jammu and Kashmir will provide freedom to the people of the Union territory from poverty and unemployment, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said

Govt sensitive about ecology: Gadkari amid concerns over Chardham project

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday termed allegations that road construction triggered landslides in Uttarakhand as 'misinformation' and asserted that the government is sensitive about ecology

Target is to take turnover of auto sector to Rs 15 trn in 5 years: Gadkari

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that the Centre's mission is to increase the turnover of the automobile industry to Rs 15 lakh crore within the next five years."The current turnover of the automobile sector of the country is Rs 7.5 lakh crore, out of which Rs 3 crore is export. My aim is to make the auto industry to the volume of Rs 15 lakh crore within the next five year, " Gadkari said as he inaugurated Maruti Suzuki and Toyota Tsusho Group's government-approved scrapping in Greater Noida.Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the COP26 summit said India is aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2070.Gadkari said that for this purpose, the government was encouraging the usage of CNG, LNG, green hydrogen, ethanol fuels and electric vehicles."Our current import of fossil fuel is currently Rs 8 lakh crores and it will reach Rs 25 lakh crores in the next five years. We are working constantly on the diversification of agriculture towards energy and power ..

'Govt planning more tax sops on vehicles bought after scrapping old ones'

The scrappage policy will be one of the key factors to control pollution and create jobs, Union Minister Gadkari said