I-National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) yisikhungo sikahulumeni esibhekele ukuthuthukiswa, ukunakekela, nokuphatha inethiwekhi kazwelonke yemigwaqo emikhulu e-India. Yasungulwa ngo-1988 ngaphansi kweNational Highways Authority of India Act, i-NHAI isebenza ngaphansi koMnyango Wezokuthutha Emgwaqeni kanye Nemigwaqo emikhulu. Igunya layo eliyinhloko ukuqinisekisa ukuhamba kahle, okuphephile, nokusebenza kahle kwezimoto kulo lonke uxhaxha lwemigwaqo yezwe, okubalulekile ekukhuleni komnotho kanye nokuxhumana kweNdiya.
I-NHAI inikezwe umsebenzi wokuqalisa amaphrojekthi amakhulu amaningana okuhloswe ngawo ukunweba nokwenza ingqalasizinda yomgwaqo omkhulu waseNdiya ibe yesimanjemanje. Phakathi kwezinhlelo zayo ezihamba phambili kubalwa Iphrojekthi yeGolden Quadrilateral, ehlanganisa amadolobha amakhulu amane amakhulu—iDelhi, iMumbai, iChennai, neKolkata—ngoxhaxha lwemigwaqo emikhulu enesivinini esikhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i- Iphrojekthi ye-North-South and East-West Corridor ihlanganisa ingxenye esenyakatho yezwe nechopho eliseningizimu, kanye nempumalanga nentshonalanga. Le miklamo ayinciphisi nje kuphela isikhathi sokuhamba nezindleko zokuhamba kodwa futhi ifaka isandla kakhulu ekuthuthukisweni kwesifunda ngokwenza ngcono ukufinyelela ezindaweni ezikude.
Isici esibalulekile somsebenzi we-NHAI sibandakanya ukwamukelwa kobuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe nezinqubo zokuthuthukisa ikhwalithi nokuphepha kwemigwaqo emikhulu. Isiphathimandla sisebenzisa izinto eziphambili nezindlela zokwakha ukwakha imigwaqo ehlala isikhathi eside, kuyilapho sihlanganisa izici ezifana nezinhlelo zokulawulwa kwethrafikhi ezihlakaniphile, ukuqoqwa kwe-electronic toll collection (ETC), kanye nezinhlelo zokuphendula izimo eziphuthumayo. Lezi zinyathelo ziqinisekisa ukuthi imigwaqo emikhulu ayisebenzi nje kuphela kodwa futhi ihlangabezana nezindinganiso zokuphepha zomhlaba wonke. I-NHAI iphinde ibambe iqhaza ekulungisweni nasekuthuthukisweni kwemigwaqo emikhulu ekhona ukuze ibhekane nezidingo ezikhulayo zezimoto kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi imigwaqo ihlala isesimweni esifanele.
Ngale kokuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda, i-NHAI idlala indima ebalulekile ekwakhiweni kwenqubomgomo kanye nemisebenzi yokulawula ehlobene nemigwaqo emikhulu kazwelonke. Isebenzisana nohulumeni bezifundazwe, izinhlangano ezizimele, nezinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe ukuze iqalise amaphrojekthi ayo ngempumelelo. I-Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) kube isu elibalulekile le-NHAI ekuhlanganiseni izinsiza nobungcweti bemiklamo yemigwaqo emikhulu, evumela ukwenziwa ngokushesha kanye nokuphathwa okungcono. Ngokusebenzisa indlela yayo ebanzi yokuthuthukiswa komgwaqo omkhulu, i-NHAI ibe nesandla ekuguquleni inethiwekhi yemigwaqo yaseNdiya, ngaleyo ndlela ikhuthaze ukukhula komnotho, ithuthukise izinqubo zezohwebo, futhi ithuthukise ukuxhumana kwezwe lonke.
