Articles tagged by the tag "Highways"
India’s first-ever highway capacity manual is out

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar12 Feb 2018

Manual will guide road engineers and policy makers about road expansion; lays down guidelines for when and how to expa...

New safety drive targets zero crash fatalities on Mumbai-Pune Expressway by 2020

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar20 Dec 2016

‘Safety Under 80’ initiative, which talks about the dangers of speeding, aims to reduce the number of road crash fatal...

Underground Cartube network the key to solve traffic congestion

By Sam Sheehan, Autocar UK calendar03 Dec 2016

Using autonomous electric cars in an underground road network could drastically reduce congestion in global cities.

Government to rectify ‘Black Spots’ on NHs to reduce accident fatalities

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar26 Oct 2016

The strategy includes effective road engineering solutions at the design stage, rectification of accident black spots,...

Government introduces IBMS to keep a record of bridge inventory and safety

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar05 Oct 2016

IBMS is the largest platform in the world owned by a single owner, with a database that could exceed 150,000 bridge st...

Punjab to develop 12 National Highways worth Rs 10,500 crore

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar16 Sep 2016

Another Rs 60,000 crore sanctioned for Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway, reducing the distance by 117 km, which at pres...

Government to invest Rs 6,460 crore in improving national highway interconnectivity

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar25 Aug 2016

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the development of 11...

IIT Kharagpur and NHAI to develop technology for maintenance free highway pavements

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar10 Aug 2016

The duration of the research project is three years and NHAI has paid Rs 1.25 crore for the project, excluding cost of...

National Highways Authority of India to monetise public funded national highway projects

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar04 Aug 2016

Around 75 operational NH projects completed under public funding have been preliminarily identified for potential mone...

Indian government to spend Rs 7 lakh crore to build 50,000 km of National Highways over next 5 years

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar26 Jul 2016

The government has allocated a total Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) of Rs 46,834 crore including cess and toll remittan...