MoRTH Secretary Anurag Jain and other senior officials welcomed Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Ministers of State Ajay Tamta and Harsh Malhotra at the Transport Bhawan premises here.
Union Minister Niting Gadkari said that 40 bypasses are going to be built in Uttar Pradesh at a cost of Rs 41,000 crore.
Union road transport and highways Minister Nitin Gadkari inspected the Zojila tunnel with J&K Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday.
Spelling glad tidings, the work on the 360-kms long Mumbai-Goa National Highway (NH-66) will be completed by the year-end and the thoroughfare will be opened for traffic in January 2024, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has sanctioned Rs 1,292.65 crore under the Bharatmala Pariyojana for the development of 32 km long 6-lane access controlled greenfield highway from Chandrasekharapuram to Polavaram on (NH-544G) Bengaluru-Vijayawada Economic Corridor in Hybrid Annuity Mode in Andhra Pradesh.
While addressing ‘INSIGHT 2022’: International Conference on Sustainable and Innovative Finance for Green and Healthy Transportation, he said capital investment is not an issue if there is a correct model to implement.
India’s first and unique electric double-decker air-conditioned bus - Switch EiV 22 is manufactured by Switch Mobility Ltd (‘Switch’). It is Designed, developed and manufactured in India. Switch Mobility, a subsidiary of Ashok Leyland.
As per the new list release by the BJP President JP Nadda, 11 members are the part of the parliamentary board which includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah.
At an event organised by NHAI/MORTH in collaboration with SaveLIFE Foundation (SLF), Gadkari said the government has accorded the highest priority to road safety and set a target of reducing 50 per cent of the road accident deaths by 2024.
Inaugurating the mobile cold mixer cum paver machine and the patch fill machine for pothole repairs, he emphasised that proven technology, economic viability, availability of raw material and effective marketing were necessary for successful completion of projects.
