Road infrastructure work in India is expected to see accelerated growth with the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) aiming to expand the National Highways network to 2 lakh km by the year 2024 from present 1.4 lakh km.

Union Ministry of Roads, Transports and Highways (MoRTH) has sanctioned Rs 306 crore to acquire land for approach roads to the proposed Borim bridge over Zuari river. The consultant company has conducted the geostatical study for the bridge in 2017, and had suggested three different routes over the Zuari.

MoRTH has invited bids for construction of Sungal Tunnel in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The scope of work includes design and construction of Sungal Tunnel (total length 2.79 km) under project Sampark, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on EPC mode. The estimated value of the project is Rs. 633.6 crore.

MoRTH has given financial sanction as well as administrative and technical approval for the remaining two packages of the Itanagar to Banderdewa four-lane highway project. At present the work on Package A, from Chandranagar to the Jully trijunction, is in progress.

Has issued a tender where the scope of work includes upgradation to two-lane with paved shoulder from 20.300 km to 29.030 km of 8.730 km length on Goha-Khellani section on NH-244 on EPC mode. The project is expected to be completed by December 2021.

MoRTH has set a target of constructing roads worth Rs. 15 trillion in the next two years, which are part of the larger National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP). The Centre and the states would have equal share of 39 per cent in the proposed NIP and the private sector would have 22 per cent.

Offers a contract where the scope of work includes widening to two lane with paved shoulder from design 199.200 km to design 214.880 km of Ibrampura to Tekkalkote NH-150A on Jewargi-Chamarajnagar section in the state on engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) basis.

The World Bank has approved a $500 million project to build safe and green national highway corridors in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. The project will also enhance the capacity of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to mainstream safety and green technologies.

The country infrastructure is being spruced up like never before. The Government of India is leaving no stone unturned in trying to bridge the gaps in our infrastructure by identifying critical bottlenecks in the smooth flow of people and goods across the country.