Articles tagged by the tag "Nitin Gadkari"
Transport minister bats for methanol-based fuel

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar07 Sep 2016

Methanol is an ideal fuel for transportation in large part because of its efficient combustion and low cost compared t...

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...

Shipping Ministry seeks 5% of Central Road Fund for development of waterways

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar23 Aug 2016

The Shipping Ministry has mooted a proposal to utilise part of the fuel cess collected for building national highways ...

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...

Road Safety Bill gets Cabinet’s nod, hefty penalties for traffic violators in the offing

autherTakshak Dawda calendar04 Aug 2016

In a much-awaited step, designed at making Indian roads safer for motorists and pedestrians and also saving thousands ...

Nitin Gadkari calls for perfection in road engineering

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar28 Jul 2016

Speaking at the inception day celebrations of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL...

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...

Government to organise conference on technologies to enhance road life cycle in high rainfall areas

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar25 Jul 2016

The conference aims at advocating the use of appropriate soil, slope stabilisation and other technologies to enhance t...

STOP. LOOK. THINK

autherShourya Harwani calendar20 Jul 2016

Road accidents have for long been the biggest people-killers in India and show no signs of slowing down. Now, the gove...