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Officers and engineers of regional offices of the road ministry, NHAI and National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation(NHIDCL) will be made responsible for non-compliance in quality control measures and specifications in construction of road and bridges on national highways, according to a circular. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in its recent circular

After a long delay, users of the Yamuna Expressway will now be able to use the FASTag to electronically pay toll tax on the privately-managed highway connecting Noida and Agra, officials said. The service was inaugurated at the Jewar toll plaza of the expressway on Tuesday in presence of the officials of the Yamuna Expressway

Union minister Nitin Gadkari reviewed the status of award, bidding and pre-construction activities related to five greenfield expressways and 17 access controlled National Highways. The road transport and highways minister also stressed the timely monetisation of projects after completion. According to an official statement, Gadkari directed that stringent monitoring of the target dates of award

Toll collection on national highways is likely to fall by 25 to 30 per cent in May over last month as a fall out of the lockdown and restrictions imposed by several states to contain the spread of coronavirus, according to rating agency ICRA . In April too, toll collection fell by 10 per cent

Asset monetisation in the roads sector will see an acceleration as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies in this space pursue growth and is also aided by various government initiatives, according to domestic rating agency Crisil. Crisil Ratings in a note issued on Monday said that the healthy order book position of the road EPC

Bids for road projects of around 2,000 kilometres are in the pipeline and will likely be awarded this month onwards, as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) looks to push construction activity after a brief slowdown. Project award and construction activity was lean in April and May, as offices remained shut and labourers returned