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  Gadkari addresses incomplete Mumbai-Pune highway project with clarity, sets completion timeline

  India | December 05, 2025 20:13 IST

  Gadkari clarified that the highway project started in 2009, prior to his tenure beginning in 2014. The responsibility initially lay with the State Public Works Department at that time, which commenced the work.

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  Centre sanctions Rs 8,300 crore for Rameshwar–Paradip Coastal Highway stretch

  November 20, 2025 16:06 IST

  The construction will be broken down into two packages, which are a two-lane stretch with paved shoulders running from Kakatpur to Paradip and a four-lane access control carriageway from Kakatpur to Rameshwar.

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  NHAI rolls out multi-platform grievance redressal system to boost highway user safety, transparency

  Business | July 16, 2025 12:49 IST

  Aimed at empowering citizens to report issues, seek assistance, and track redressal progress in real-time, these platforms reinforce transparency and accountability in national highway operations.

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  India's highways to match US standards within two years, says Nitin Gadkari in Ranchi

  India | July 03, 2025 23:53 IST

  Speaking at a programme in Jharkhand's Ranchi, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari emphasised the government's commitment to modernising road infrastructure, saying India is undergoing a massive transformation in highway construction with a focus on world-class engineering, durability and safety.

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  IAF jet landings: Ganga Expressway becomes fourth airstrip in UP | List of such highways in India

  India | May 02, 2025 14:07 IST

  The significance of an airstrip is to bolster India's defense readiness by establishing alternative runways for the IAF during emergencies or wartime.

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  Seven dead, 15 injured after bus falls into gorge on Nashik-Gujarat highway

  Gujarat | February 02, 2025 11:37 IST

  The bus was carrying 48 pilgrims from Trimbakeshwar in Maharashtra to Dwarka in Gujarat when the accident took place, Superintendent of Police SG Patil said.

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  'Safety must get highest priority while constructing roads': Nitin Gadkari on rising road accidents

  chhattisgarh | November 09, 2024 7:08 IST

  Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari advised government engineers to quit their jobs and start a good DPR making company.

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  Himachal Pradesh rains: 140 roads closed due to landslide, floods

  India | August 14, 2024 14:55 IST

  Heavy rains in the last few days in several parts of Himachal Pradesh caused heavy damage to several key roads in the state. According to the authorities over 140 roads are closed.

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  NHAI hikes toll tax across highways by 5 per cent from June 3

  Business | June 02, 2024 22:20 IST

  There are around 855 user fee plazas on the national highway network on which user fee is levied as per the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008.

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  FASTag: Complete your KYC update by February 29 to avoid deactivation, here's how to do it

  February 28, 2024 12:46 IST

  NHAI's "One Vehicle, One FASTag" initiative aims to streamline toll payment processes and curb misuse of FASTags. Failure to comply could lead to inconvenience and delays at toll plazas. Updating FASTag KYC is a straightforward process through the IHMCL customer portal.

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  Govt approves 4-lane highway in Mizoram, sanctions Rs 1,742 crore, says Nitin Gadkari

  Mizoram | February 14, 2024 18:29 IST

  The highway will be constructed between N Kawnpui – Sairang section on National Highway-6. Once completed, it will de-escalate congestion in urban zones.

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  70% work of India-Mayanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway complete: Nitin Gadkari

  India | July 02, 2023 13:09 IST

  The minister did not provide details on the timeline for completion and operationalisation of the trilateral highway.

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  Before end of 2024, Uttar Pradesh will have road infrastructure like America: Nitin Gadkari

  Uttar Pradesh | February 27, 2023 18:18 IST

  The condition of roads in UP was not good before the year 2014. After the Narendra Modi government came to power, National Highway has increased from 7,643 km to 13,000 km in the state, Nitin Gadkari said.

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  How building of highways can create lakes. Gadkari has an answer

  India | September 08, 2022 14:54 IST

  The 'Mission Amrit Sarovar' was launched on National Panchayati Raj Day on April 24, 2022 as a part of celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav with an objective to conserve water for future.

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  Global road safety body IRF urges removal of black spots on highways

  India | September 05, 2022 11:54 IST

  India is a signatory to the United Nations Decade of Action plan for Road Safety across the world which aims to reduce road fatalities by 50 per cent by the year 2030.

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  Did PM Modi ask Nitin Gadkari which ministry he wanted in 2014? Union Minister reveals

  India | May 30, 2022 19:53 IST

  Nitin Gadkari, who participated in India TV's Samvaad on Modi government's 8 years in power, revealed how he was made Union Minister to take care of roads and highways.

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  Modi Govt 8 years: How Brand India gained its rightful place globally over past 8 years

  India | May 29, 2022 11:19 IST

  PM Modi began with his foreign visits to meet counterparts, discuss what India wants and can give, like all prime ministers but with one difference, his unique style of making a personal relation with them.

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  World Bank to fund $500 mn 'green' highways project in India

  World | December 23, 2020 8:06 IST

  The National Highways of India carry about 40 per cent of road traffic. However, several sections of these highways have inadequate capacity, weak drainage structures and black spots prone to accidents. 

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  Highways in Kashmir closed as valley receives fresh snowfall

  India | November 15, 2019 12:37 IST

  The meteorological department has forecast light to moderate rains or snow in Jammu and Kashmir over the next 24 hours. There is a possibility of scattered light rain or snow over Ladakh region, it said.

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  Haryana Police's innovative idea to prevent road accidents: 'Paint rear side of vehicles stranded on highways'

  India | June 20, 2019 20:06 IST

  In a bid to prevent road accidents, Haryana Police on Thursday announced an innovative idea to paint the rear side of slow-moving, stranded or illegally-parked vehicles on highways.