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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

The road ministry incurred a capex of ₹57,925 crore—42.55% of the total outlay of ₹1.36 trillion approved by parliament for the first five months of 2024-25. (Bloomberg)

Elections push highway construction in slow lane despite high capex

2 min read . 28 Jun 2024

Construction work in progress on National Highway 24 in UP

Mint Primer: Why building of highways in India is slowing down

2 min read . 28 May 2024

NHAI also registered its highest ever capital expenditure of ₹2.07 trillion in FY24, up 20% from ₹1.73 trillion in FY23 and ₹1.72 trillion in FY22.

NHAI reports highest-ever highway construction in FY24

1 min read . 02 Apr 2024

Investors subscribed to the units through a book-build process at a cut off price of ₹124.14 a unit, a premium over the current NAV of Rs.122.86 a unit.

NHAI raises more than ₹16,000 crore in its largest InvIT monetisation round

2 min read . 19 Mar 2024

NHAI’s debt overhang is a result of the increased pace of highway construction undertaken in the last decade. In 2022-23, a record 4,882km of highways were constructed. (Photo: Mint)

How NHAI plans to dodge a debt trap

9 min read . 08 Aug 2023

Union minister of state for road transport and highways and civil aviation VK Singh. (File Photo: HT)

Telecom network to boost services on national highways: Minister

1 min read . 02 Aug 2023

Ministry to monitor highway disruptions

1 min read . 16 Jul 2023