Highways
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Gadkari addresses incomplete Mumbai-Pune highway project with clarity, sets completion timeline
India | Dec 05, 2025, 08:13 PM ISTGadkari 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
Market | Nov 20, 2025, 04:06 PM ISTThe 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 | Jul 16, 2025, 12:49 PM ISTAimed 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 | Jul 03, 2025, 11:53 PM ISTSpeaking 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, 02:07 PM ISTThe 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 | Feb 02, 2025, 11:37 AM ISTThe 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 | Nov 09, 2024, 07:08 AM ISTUnion 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 | Aug 14, 2024, 02:55 PM ISTHeavy 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 | Jun 02, 2024, 10:20 PM ISTThere 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
Personal Finance | Feb 28, 2024, 12:46 PM ISTNHAI'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 | Feb 14, 2024, 06:29 PM ISTThe 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 | Jul 02, 2023, 01:09 PM ISTThe 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 | Feb 27, 2023, 06:18 PM ISTThe 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 | Sep 08, 2022, 02:54 PM ISTThe '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 | Sep 05, 2022, 11:54 AM ISTIndia 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, 07:53 PM ISTNitin 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 AM ISTPM 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 | Dec 23, 2020, 08:06 AM ISTThe 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 | Nov 15, 2019, 12:37 PM ISTThe 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 | Jun 20, 2019, 08:06 PM ISTIn 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.