Commuters on national highways and expressways will need to pay more for their road journeys, as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has increased toll charges by an average of 4 to 5 per cent on highway sections across the country. The revised toll charges for motorists on national highways across the country have come into effect from Tuesday, a senior highways ministry official told PTI.
Proposals have been received for preparing the project report for the 600-km Delhi-Katra Expressway
While inaugurating the projects, Modi said highways construction has reached 27-km a day from mere 12-km a day during the Congress regime.
Will be given choice of govt and privately funded modes to put highway projects that didn't get bids under PPP model.
According to them, these marches were a "rehearsal" for their proposed January 26 "Kisan Parade" to the national capital from different parts of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
Addressing an election rally in Dwarka three days before the February 8 assembly elections, the prime minister said the national capital also needs a government that will give direction and not resort to blame games.
The central government's highway award and construction target for the current fiscal is dominated by the Bharatmala scheme.
'The PM cannot give a single reason why farmers should trust him.'
The highest ever average daily construction rate of 130 km has been achieved for rural roads
Farmers gathered at several national highways, key roads and some railway tracks in Punjab and Haryana on Friday morning as part of their nationwide protest against the Centre's new agri laws.
Gadkari said that the MSME sector contributes significantly in pushing the country's economic growth and creating employment.
Of these, about 100 projects are likely to be completed by December 2018.
The reason for the EPE's relatively low volume of traffic may lie in the lack of adequate safety measures, especially after sundown. Barring intermittent patches, the highway has no street lights.
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A Central Pollution Control Board official said the AQI entered the "severe plus" or "emergency" category late on Thursday night, the first time since January this year.
To cover most of the gap, the road ministry plans to raise $7 billion.
Land acquisition costs have gone up to almost 50% of total project cost.
'Our target is to award Rs 25 lakh crore worth of projects that would result in creating 25 million jobs'
Here's what the national capital needs to do to ensure the residents stop breathing toxic fumes.
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