In its latest attempt to fast-track clearance of the restructured highway projects, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) board in its meeting on Wednesday approved that all projects where the value change after restructuring was below 20% of the total project cost (TPC) would be cleared by the board. The ones with over 20% variation would be referred to the Cabinet for approval. Join discussion...

According to the new regulations, the successful bidder of a project at a particular port would be barred from bidding for the subsequent project at the same port. “We are revising the guidelines to prevent domination of a single private operator at a port. No changes are being made in the model concession agreement (MCA). We will issue the revised guidelines as policy directives to the major port trusts in the country,” said a senior official in the ministry. Join discussion...

The Centre has decided to develop on its own national highways that are outside the ambit of national highway development programme (NHDP) and other centrally-sponsored road projects, instead of relying on the Public Works Departments (PWDs) of the states, in a bid to speed up the development of road projects. Join discussion...

The central government Thursday approved the four-laning of the Walayar-Vadakkancherry section and six-laning of the Vadakkancherry-Thrissur section of the National Highway 47 in Kerala. Join discussion...