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Nitin Gadkari to meet developers to fast-track road projects

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said a meeting of highway developers and officials from the NHAI and the road ministry will soon be convened for expediting highway projects. It assumes significance in the wake of highway builders' body National Highways Builders Federation (NHBF) taking a strong exception to the National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) move to put in public domain the names of as many as 20 companies, including Larsen & Toubro and HCC, that were barred from bidding for highways projects and saying it had no authority to do so. "I will soon chair a meeting of highway developers and officials of NHAI besides the ministry to ensure that highway projects are expedited," Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister told PTI. The minister said the government is also trying to reduce the turnaround time of highway projects to significantly enhance the construction pace. The highways building pace has reached 28 km a day now from 2 km a day when ..

World Food India 2017: Will bring logistics cost down to 12%, says Gadkari

Govt is working towards to develop coastal shipping and inland waterways as alternative modes of transport

Russian, Japanese companies keen to supply seaplanes: Nitin Gadkari

In line with the govt plans to convert 111 rivers into national waterways in the country, Gadkari said, proposals are being examined for introducing seaplanes at Yamuna, Ganga

Bureaucrats waste time in picking holes, this needs to change: Gadkari

Gadkari was speaking after laying the foundation stones of various road projects

Govt ready to bear 4% cost of modern bus terminals in states: Nitin Gadkari

Double-decker air-conditioned buses on the Delhi-Kanpur & Delhi-Lucknow routes also being explored

Tightrope walk for Gadkari as Ganga rejuvenation, inland waterways clash

NGT recently issued a notice over the Centre's plan to run a water taxi service on the Yamuna

Will terminate stuck road projects: Nitin Gadkari

Gadkari refrained from naming the companies that were issued the contracts for these projects

Govt to focus on e-rickshaws, water grid: Nitin Gadkari

The Minister said 17 projects were in line and work would start on all before 2018

Nitin Gadkari announces task force for speedy implementation

The Centre has set a target of 2018 for cleaning the mighty river

Nitin Gadkari in charge as govt eyes Clean Ganga

The ministry is tasked with the responsibility of executing the project dear to Modi

No new roads until clearance secured for all due projects: Nitin Gadkari

Extensive work carried out to expand national highway network in Rajasthan

Officials who fail to finish work on time create problems: Gadkari

Officials who don't complete work have to be chased with stick: Nitin Gadkari

Nitin Gadkari inaugurates highway projects in Gurugram to decongest NCR

The project cost of the two flyovers is estimated to be Rs 34 crore and Rs 95 crore respectively

Selling profit-making subsidiaries of Air India won't be wise, says Gadkari

His statement is significant as he is a member of GoM that is finalising its privatisation process

Nitin Gadkari to kick off Rs 260 cr project to decongest Delhi

To help decongest Delhi, Union minister Nitin Gadkari will on Monday lay the foundation stone of Rs 260-crore project that includes widening of a highway stretch near Dhaula Kuan, an official statement said today. "Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping will lay the foundation stone on August 14, for NHAI's project to decongest one of the Delhi's most congested corridors which leads to Indira Gandhi International Airport," the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways said. The project has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs 260 crore. For undertaking this project, Ministry of Defence has agreed to transfer 13 acres to National Highways Authority (NHAI). The time period for completion of the work is 18 months, it said. "The first bottleneck is junction of station road with NH8 in front of metro station and as per NHAI plan, this junction is being made signal-free," it said. The ministry further said a flyover is proposed to be constructed on right ...

Nitin Gadkari expects ports to chip in around Rs 7,000 cr in profit

Gadkari said there has been a 2.8% increase in the 12 state-run ports' efficiencies

Expedite nod to infrastructure projects: Gadkari to GoM

The railway ministry was also approached to provide 35 acres in Varanasi for an inter-modal station

'Following' in Hanuman's footsteps

Nitin Gadkari recalled a recent meeting with a Sri Lankan minister to discuss a possible blueprint

Govt to promote bamboo cultivation as source of bio-fuel: Nitin Gadkari

The Union minister terms agriculture as the biggest strength of economy

Highways can be used for laying optic fibre, oil & gas pipes: Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said the country's about 2 lakh kilometres of highways can be used for laying optic fibre and oil and gas pipes, which will help the road ministry earn additional revenues. Speaking at INFOCOM 2017, organised by ABP Group and Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises here, the minister said the road transport ministry has around 2 lakh kilometres of highways and it has offered the use of this entire stretch for laying optic fibre and oil and gas pipes. This could earn the ministry some revenue that can be further utilised for constructing and maintaining roads, the road transport and highways ministry said in a statement. For building and maintaining a competitive edge over the world, there is a need to leverage technology to get the maximum returns from assets, Gadkari said. Speaking about the road transport sector, the minister said that very soon the process for driving licences will be entirely computerised. "The fitness