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To accelerate highway construction, the Centre has synchronized project approvals with land and environmental clearances, ensuring readiness before bidding.

Centre overhauls highways construction bid process

4 min read . 22 Jun 2025

Nine people were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a trailer truck on the national highway in Balarampur, Purulia (Getty Images/iStockphoto) (HT_PRINT)

West Bengal news: Nine killed in head-on collision between car and truck in Puru

1 min read . 20 Jun 2025

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced a FASTag-based annual pass to promote hassle-free travel. (Image: HT file) (HT_PRINT)

Nitin Gadkari announces FASTag Annual Pass: How much does it cost? Check details

2 min read . 18 Jun 2025

An expert committee has been constituted to visit the site and review the design and construction of NH-66 in Kerala. The committee will also suggest detailed remedial measures for the project. (Mint)

NHAI debars concessionaire for collapse of slope protection on NH-66 in Kerala

1 min read . 17 Jun 2025

The new process will be applicable to all highway projects, including those costing less than ₹100 crore but excluding maintenance works. (Mint)

Centre tightens highway bidding rules, curbs state PWD powers

4 min read . 17 Jun 2025

The MoRTH has issued a circular specifying the metrics that have to be studied and the outcome report that needs to be prepared by the heads of highway development agencies.

Govt asks for measurable socio-economic benefit reports from highway sector

2 min read . 14 Jun 2025

The two assets being transferred, Quazigund Expressway Pvt. Ltd (QB) and Athaang Jammu Udhampur Highway Pvt. Ltd (JU), spanning approximately 80km and located in Jammu and Kashmir. (Mint)

Cube Highways Trust completes acquisition of 2 J&K highways from NIIF

3 min read . 12 Jun 2025

India recorded nearly 480,000 road accidents in 2023, leading to 180,000 deaths and around 400,000 serious injuries. (File Photo: Hindustan Times)

Deadly roads: Centre fast-tracks highway audits amid rising fatalities

3 min read . 27 May 2025

Road building that peaked at around 13,000 km in FY21 has plunged in the years that followed to 10,000-11,000km per annum. (Mint)

Highway expansion struggles despite government’s capex push

2 min read . 19 Apr 2025

Government officials expect overall highway construction to hover around 12,000 km annually over the next decade before tapering off as major network expansions are completed. (File Photo: Mint)

India new highway construction likely hit 7-year low as focus shifts to upgrades

2 min read . 01 Apr 2025

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) appears to have hit upon a new way to clear its legal disputes as it struggles to manage a massive debt pile-up of ₹2.76 trillion. (Hindustan Times)

NHAI's answer to arbitration dues: more retired judges

4 min read . 29 Mar 2025

Toll, at Delhi Jaipur highway. In India, toll charges increased by over 3% in FY25 and are projected to rise by 3.5-4.2% in FY26. (File Photo: Mint)

Highway tolls burning a hole in your pocket? The government has a plan

2 min read . 21 Feb 2025

Out of the 146,195 km length of the national highway network in the country, damages have been reported in about 1% of the stretch every year. (Mint)

Smoother rides ahead as highway maintenance in ministry's crosshairs

3 min read . 18 Feb 2025

With a pick-up in infrastructure activities expected in the final quarter of this fiscal year, India's highways ministry could be on course to spend its entire budgetary allocation for FY25.

India's highways construction slows, but govt aims for a final push

3 min read . 29 Jan 2025

The budget had allocated a record ₹2.72 trillion to complete work on at least 13,000 km of highways.

Highway capex moves in slow lane in FY25

4 min read . 17 Dec 2024

India so far has seen only partial success in building dual-use infrastructure in the roads sector, with a few expressways having stretches that can be used by the Air Force if needed. (AI-generated representative image)

India’s infra ambitions to get a new X factor: The military

4 min read . 10 Nov 2024

Schedule D of national highway contracts includes specifications and standards to be followed by highway contractors and provided specifics in terms of deviation from standards permitted under certain conditions. (Mint)

Centre plans to standardise highway contracts

3 min read . 21 Sep 2024

These will coexist alongside the current systems of FASTag and Automatic Number Plate Recognition. (Mint)

Government notifies satellite-based toll collection for highways

1 min read . 10 Sep 2024

NHAI is making higher investments and projects in politically important Uttar Pradesh.

More than half the highways sanctioned in FY25 are in NDA allies-ruled states

4 min read . 05 Sep 2024

Currently, with only a couple of operational hydrogen filling stations, the push is on to engage private participants in building additional dispensing facilities locally (istockphoto)

Hydrogen highways: India gears up for a nationwide fuelling network

5 min read . 15 Jul 2024