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  • Southern states account for 28 in keeping with cent of India’s general toll earnings, TN on best

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    The southern states of India – Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala account for handiest 19% of the overall Nationwide Highways in India. But, they finally end up paying 28% of the overall toll earnings, in keeping with the newest numbers from a CAG audit file.

    The Southern States contributed ₹28,523.88 crore (28.75 in keeping with cent) of the toll earnings earned through NHAI throughout the 4 years from 2017-18 to 2020-21.

    The proportion of the 5 states ranged from a top of 30% within the yr 2017-18 to a low of 28% throughout 2019-20. The overall toll earnings of the 5 states declined at in 2018-19. 

    Inside the southern block, Tamil Nadu contributed the best possible to the toll earnings at Rs 2,400 crores in keeping with yr adopted through Andhra Pradesh at Rs 1,950 crores and Karnataka at Rs 1,830 crores. 

    In the meantime, Telangana amassed Rs 1,040 crores and Kerala amassed the bottom at Rs 180 crores. 
    Strangely, there used to be no sharp decline in toll assortment even throughout the Covid-19 pandemic in South India. 

    The toll collections within the states fell through 2% to Rs 7,455 crores throughout the pandemic, whilst all India toll collections fell through 3.1% to Rs 26,030 crores. 

    Telangana and Andhra Pradesh witnessed a slight building up of their toll earnings throughout the pandemic. Telangana amassed Rs 1,043 crores in 2020-21, up from Rs 1,016 within the earlier yr.

    In the meantime, Andhra Pradesh noticed collections building up sharply to Rs 1,957 crores in 2020-21 from Rs 1,778 crores within the earlier yr. 

    Then again, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala recorded a dip of their general toll earnings throughout the pandemic. 
     

    The southern states of India – Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala account for handiest 19% of the overall Nationwide Highways in India. But, they finally end up paying 28% of the overall toll earnings, in keeping with the newest numbers from a CAG audit file.

    The Southern States contributed ₹28,523.88 crore (28.75 in keeping with cent) of the toll earnings earned through NHAI throughout the 4 years from 2017-18 to 2020-21.

    The proportion of the 5 states ranged from a top of 30% within the yr 2017-18 to a low of 28% throughout 2019-20. The overall toll earnings of the 5 states declined at in 2018-19. googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Inside the southern block, Tamil Nadu contributed the best possible to the toll earnings at Rs 2,400 crores in keeping with yr adopted through Andhra Pradesh at Rs 1,950 crores and Karnataka at Rs 1,830 crores. 

    In the meantime, Telangana amassed Rs 1,040 crores and Kerala amassed the bottom at Rs 180 crores. 
    Strangely, there used to be no sharp decline in toll assortment even throughout the Covid-19 pandemic in South India. 

    The toll collections within the states fell through 2% to Rs 7,455 crores throughout the pandemic, whilst all India toll collections fell through 3.1% to Rs 26,030 crores. 

    Telangana and Andhra Pradesh witnessed a slight building up of their toll earnings throughout the pandemic. Telangana amassed Rs 1,043 crores in 2020-21, up from Rs 1,016 within the earlier yr.

    In the meantime, Andhra Pradesh noticed collections building up sharply to Rs 1,957 crores in 2020-21 from Rs 1,778 crores within the earlier yr. 

    Then again, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala recorded a dip of their general toll earnings throughout the pandemic. 
     

  • Delhi-Dehradun limited-access highway, Asia’s longest flora and fauna hall, could also be able through October

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    DEHRADUN:  The Delhi-Dehradun Financial Throughway, Asia’s longest flora and fauna hall, might be able through October this yr, in keeping with officers. The freeway as soon as able will cut back the trip time between Delhi and Dehradun to simply two-and-a-half hours from the existing six hours.

    There are dense forests on either side of the Throughway and the motion of flora and fauna continues. The Nationwide Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is taking steps to make certain that flora and fauna isn’t disturbed through the noise of visitors at the Throughway. 

    NHAI has constructed 8 underpasses alongside the Throughway to ease the motion of untamed animals, together with tigers and elephants, all through the sunlight hours. Wild animals provide, scared through the visitors, go the street in the course of the evening when all of the visitors involves a prevent.

    P Ok Maurya, undertaking director, NHAI-Dehradun, instructed The New Indian Categorical, “Headlights of cars, honking and vehicular noise additionally disturb the sector of flora and fauna, which NHAI has solved within the type of a noise barrier. This is a form of fibre sheet, which is manufactured from polycarbonate subject matter. It’s going to be put in as much as a peak of 4 metres on either side of the freeway. 

    The speciality of this sheet is that it prevents the noise of cars from going out and throws the sunshine inwards at evening.” “Two elephant corridors of 200 meters each and every with a peak of 7 meters are being constructed from Asharodi to Daat Kali Temple in Dehradun. In the meantime, elephants may even have the ability to go the street seamlessly from this aspect of the street. About 50 consistent with cent of the paintings at the elephant hall has been finished, stated Maurya.

    DEHRADUN:  The Delhi-Dehradun Financial Throughway, Asia’s longest flora and fauna hall, might be able through October this yr, in keeping with officers. The freeway as soon as able will cut back the trip time between Delhi and Dehradun to simply two-and-a-half hours from the existing six hours.

    There are dense forests on either side of the Throughway and the motion of flora and fauna continues. The Nationwide Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is taking steps to make certain that flora and fauna isn’t disturbed through the noise of visitors at the Throughway. 

    NHAI has constructed 8 underpasses alongside the Throughway to ease the motion of untamed animals, together with tigers and elephants, all through the sunlight hours. Wild animals provide, scared through the visitors, go the street in the course of the evening when all of the visitors involves a prevent.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    P Ok Maurya, undertaking director, NHAI-Dehradun, instructed The New Indian Categorical, “Headlights of cars, honking and vehicular noise additionally disturb the sector of flora and fauna, which NHAI has solved within the type of a noise barrier. This is a form of fibre sheet, which is manufactured from polycarbonate subject matter. It’s going to be put in as much as a peak of 4 metres on either side of the freeway. 

    The speciality of this sheet is that it prevents the noise of cars from going out and throws the sunshine inwards at evening.” “Two elephant corridors of 200 meters each and every with a peak of 7 meters are being constructed from Asharodi to Daat Kali Temple in Dehradun. In the meantime, elephants may even have the ability to go the street seamlessly from this aspect of the street. About 50 consistent with cent of the paintings at the elephant hall has been finished, stated Maurya.

  • NHAI asks box gadgets to unfastened highways of dhabas, distributors

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    NEW DELHI: Paying attention to encroachment on nationwide highways specifically by way of dhaba homeowners and side road distributors throughout states, the Nationwide Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has requested its box gadgets to adopt periodical drives to take away squatters. The company has additionally asked the involved government to adequately sensitise folks and stakeholders to forestall unauthorised career of its land.

    Regarding doable hazards posed by way of the encroachers, the NHAI has just lately despatched a notice to all highway building companies together with Nationwide Freeway Infrastructure Construction Company Restricted, leader secretaries and secretaries of the general public paintings division of states and union territories. Within the letter, the authority had admitted that encroachment existed at the land belonging to the authority.

    The authority swung into motion after the ministry was once apprised concerning the encroachment on nationwide highways by way of dhabas and vegetable dealers on the approaches to primary bridges in Chhattisgarh. “Encroachment of NH land whether or not of everlasting nature or of a short lived nature is an issue of grave worry for visitors control and operations and long run up-gradation of tasks. The Keep an eye on of Nationwide Highways (Land & Site visitors) Act, 2002 has empowered the NH officials to do so in opposition to encroachments,” learn the notice.

    Force to take away squatters

    NHAI gadgets to adopt periodical drives to take away squatters
    Involved government to adequately sensitise folks and stakeholders to forestall unauthorised career of its land
    General duration of NH (together with expressways) within the nation is roughly 140 lakh km
    Highways or expressways represent most effective about 1.7% of the duration of all roads

    NEW DELHI: Paying attention to encroachment on nationwide highways specifically by way of dhaba homeowners and side road distributors throughout states, the Nationwide Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has requested its box gadgets to adopt periodical drives to take away squatters. The company has additionally asked the involved government to adequately sensitise folks and stakeholders to forestall unauthorised career of its land.

    Regarding doable hazards posed by way of the encroachers, the NHAI has just lately despatched a notice to all highway building companies together with Nationwide Freeway Infrastructure Construction Company Restricted, leader secretaries and secretaries of the general public paintings division of states and union territories. Within the letter, the authority had admitted that encroachment existed at the land belonging to the authority.

    The authority swung into motion after the ministry was once apprised concerning the encroachment on nationwide highways by way of dhabas and vegetable dealers on the approaches to primary bridges in Chhattisgarh. “Encroachment of NH land whether or not of everlasting nature or of a short lived nature is an issue of grave worry for visitors control and operations and long run up-gradation of tasks. The Keep an eye on of Nationwide Highways (Land & Site visitors) Act, 2002 has empowered the NH officials to do so in opposition to encroachments,” learn the notice.

    Force to take away squatters

    NHAI gadgets to adopt periodical drives to take away squatters
    Involved government to adequately sensitise folks and stakeholders to forestall unauthorised career of its land
    General duration of NH (together with expressways) within the nation is roughly 140 lakh km
    Highways or expressways represent most effective about 1.7% of the duration of all roads

  • NHAI constructed 75km NH highway in document time, enters Guinness International Document

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    NEW DELHI: The Nationwide Freeway Authority of India (NHAI) has created a Guinness International Document of making the longest freeway stretch of 75 kilometres (km) between Amravati and Akola the least bit time–105 hours and 33 mins. The newly built highway is a part of Nationwide Freeway 53.

    A workforce of 800 staff of NHAI and 720 staff of a non-public corporate together with unbiased specialists have been concerned to finish the duty in document time. The paintings to construct the street in document time began on June 3 at round seven within the morning and it used to be effectively finished on June 7 at 5:00 pm.

    “Proud Second For The Whole Country! Really feel more than happy to congratulate our outstanding Workforce @NHAI_Official, Experts & Concessionaire, Rajpath Infracon Pvt Ltd & Jagdish Kadam, on attaining the Guinness International Document (@GWR) of laying 75 Km steady Bituminous Concrete Street …in one lane on NH-53 segment between Amravati and Akola. I might specifically thank our Engineers & Employees who toiled day & night time to succeed in this atypical feat. #PragatiKaHighway #GatiShakti @narendramodi  @PMOIndia,” union highway shipping and highways minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted on Wednesday morning.

    The Amravati –Akola segment is the a part of Nationwide Freeway-53 and a very powerful East-West hall, he stated.  Passing during the mineral-rich area, the segment connects primary towns like Kolkata, Raipur, Nagpur, Akola, Dhule and Surat.

    With the feat, the NHAI has beat the document of the Public Works Authority — Ashghal– in Qatar, which used to be registered on February 27, 2019. The street used to be a part of the Al-Khor Freeway, which used to be finished in 10 days, knowledgeable the Gadkari.

    “The imaginative and prescient of #NewIndia is being constructed to your perseverance & sweat. The entire country is proud  Stay up the good paintings! #Pratishtha #GatiShakti,” the minister additionally tweeted.

  • Ghaziabad to Kanpur distance will likely be finished in simply 3 hours, new financial hall will attach NCR with Central UP

    Ghaziabad: A brand new hall connecting two primary business towns of Uttar Pradesh has been licensed by means of the central executive. Those towns are – Ghaziabad and Kanpur, the gap between which can now be decreased to only 3 hours. The 380 km lengthy Greenfield Financial Hall will cross via 9 districts of Uttar Pradesh. At this time, it takes 6 hours to shuttle from Ghaziabad to Kanpur on Yamuna Limited-access highway, whilst it takes 9 hours to shuttle from NH-9.

    This financial hall will cross via a complete of 9 districts – Ghaziabad, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Kasganj, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Unnao, Kanpur. To start with, this hall will likely be made of four lanes. It is going to be made 6 lanes on underpasses and culverts, which will likely be higher to eight lanes in long term. The adjoining land will likely be stored for highway widening.

    Giving data, an legit of the Nationwide Freeway Authority of India (NHAI) mentioned, “In September 2019, Union Street Delivery Minister Nitin Gadkari had introduced the development of an financial hall linking Ghaziabad to Kanpur. The cause of doing this used to be to scale back the gap between the 2 business towns. This hall used to be additionally licensed by means of the ministry final week. The venture is predicted to be finished by means of 2025. To start with it’ll be of four lanes, which will likely be higher to eight lanes.

    A survey is being finished to search out the land for this financial hall. Paintings on DPR has additionally began and in keeping with NHAI this hall will likely be able inside a 12 months. An legit mentioned, “The land acquisition for the venture will likely be finished by means of 2023. After which after that the venture will likely be finished within the subsequent 2 years. The development of this hall will receive advantages the business sector. Time and shuttle value can also be much less.

    Industrialist and previous vice chairman of Ghaziabad Industries Federation S. Of. Maheshwari mentioned, “The development of this hall will convey financial advantages. The development of this hall will scale back the time and price. This may increasingly additionally have an effect on the earnings of everybody. By means of regulation, this freeway must were constructed 30 years in the past. Regardless of the will, there used to be some impediment on this venture. However now that this venture is beginning, this is a just right factor. With a bit of luck it’ll even be finished on time.

  • Himachal Pradesh Prime Courtroom seeks answer from NHAI over number of toll at Sanwara plaza in Solan

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    SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh Prime Courtroom on Tuesday sought a answer from the Nationwide Highways Authority of India in regards to the alleged unlawful number of toll on the Sanwara plaza in Solan district.

    Adit Singal in a PIL alleged that the toll plaza at Sanwara was once arrange opposite to the Nationwide Freeway Price (Choice of Charges and Assortment) Laws, 2008.

    The petitioner mentioned that as in keeping with laws, no toll Plaza will also be established in the similar phase inside of a distance of 60 km.

    While different toll plazas are positioned at Parwanoo in Solan district and in Chandimandir of Haryana’s Panchkula district, inside of 60 km from the Sanwara toll plaza, the petitioner stated.

    The petition additional alleged that the individuals who wouldn’t have the fast-tag facility are being charged double.

    A Department Bench of Leader Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua directed the Nationwide Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to make submission on this regard.

    The following listening to might be hung on April 27.