To stimulate the infrastructure of a robust and sustainable National Highway network, NHAI organised a day-long national workshop in New Delhi to discuss different aspects of environmental impact assessment, planning and mitigation for holistic National Highway development.  Chief Guest for the event was Shri Anurag Jain, Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Shri Santosh Kumar Yadav, Chairman NHAI along with Guest of Honour Shri Jitendra Kumar, IFS, DGF&SS, MoEF&CC

From 1 April 2024, the National Highways Authority of India's 'One Vehicle, One FASTag' norm is effective. It aims to discourage the use of a single FASTag for multiple vehicles or linking multiple FASTags to a particular vehicle. NHAI had extended the 'One Vehicle, One FASTag' initiative compliance deadline to March-end, given the problems being faced by Paytm FASTag users. The basic principle of One Vehicle One FASTags is that each vehicle is associated with a single

The SPVs of IRB Infrastructure Trust (Associate of IRB Infra), India’s largest highways infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), Viz. IRB Lalitpur Lakhnadon Tollway Pvt. Ltd. representing TOT 12 project, IRB Kota Tollway Pvt. Ltd., and IRB Gwalior Tollway Pvt. Ltd. representing TOT 13 bundle, have started tolling w.e.f. the 00.00 Hrs. on 1st April 2024. The SPVs made an upfront payment of the Concession Fee of Rs.6,111 Crs to the NHAI (TOT12 - Rs.4,428 Crs, TOT 13 - Rs.1,683 Crs) and su

New Delhi: National Highways Infra Trust (NHIT), the infrastructure Investment Trust by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), has successfully concluded fund-raising through ’InvIT Round-3’forNational Highway stretches of aggregate length of 889 kilometers at an Enterprise Value of over Rs. 16,000 crore, which is the largest monetization by NHAI and one of the largest transactions in the history of Indian road sector.The Letter of Acceptance (LOA) to raise the highest ever

New Delhi: NHAI Issues Advisory for Paytm FASTag Users to Switch to Other Bank FASTag before 15th March 2024 after removing the Paytm Payments Bank from the list. To ensure a seamless travel experience and avoid inconvenience at toll plazas, NHAI has advised Paytm FASTag users to procure a new FASTag issued by another bank before March 15, 2024. This will help in avoiding either penalties or any double fee charges while commuting on National Highways. In line with the guidelines issued by

New Delhi: The MoU will help NHAI to strengthen its existing Incident Management System, which includes Ambulances, Route Patrol Vans & Cranes, real-time tracking, and supportive supervision. This will improve response time and facilitate the referral of accident victims to the nearest health facilities, establishing a seamless process for incident management. This will include Operation & Management of Trauma Centres/Emergency Stabilization Centers to maximize assistance during the gold

NHAI [National Highways Authority of India] has not included the name of the Paytm Payment Bank to the list of 32 banks authorized to issue new FASTag for vehicles, issued by the road tolling authority. The Indian Highway Management Company, the tolling arm of the NHAI, issued a list of 32 authorized banks to get FASTag on vehicles in a Twitter post. The sources further stated the government is apprehensive of the inconvenience that might be caused to Paytm FASTag users. According to official

New Delhi: Under the vision of the National monetization plan of the Government of India, NHAI an arm of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has raised the highest-ever concession value of Rs 15,624.90 crore through InvIT Round 3. The bid was achieved by monetising the 10 stretches with an aggregate length of around 890km and the Letter of Acceptance was issued within two hours of the bid. The highway authority has adopted three modes for monetizing, i.e., Toll Operate Transfer [TOT],

New Delhi: To develop a robust National Highways network, NHAI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Geological Survey of India (GSI) to provide services to NHAI for site-specific geotechnical consultancy and assist in vetting of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) from geotechnical point of view. The MoU was signed in presence of NHAI Chairman Shri Santosh Kumar Yadav and Dr. Saibal Ghosh, Deputy Director General, Geological Survey of India along with other senior officials from

SHIMLA: Sh. Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, SJVN informed that SJVN has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The MOU was signed in the presence of Sh. Santosh Kumar Yadav, Chairman, NHAI and Sh. Sushil Sharma, Director (Projects), SJVN in New Delhi today. Sh. Nand Lal Sharma apprised that the primary focus of this MoU is to utilize the expertise of SJVN in Technical Consultancy Services.   SJVN will review