Mumbai: Works for Rs. 12,000 crore Surat - Ahmednagar first greenfield highway project will begin from April 2021. A 421 km highway will pass through Nashik and Solapur districts. It will reduce the burden on Surat - Mumbai highway. These details were shared by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari while addressing a virtual rally of BJP in Western Maharashtra. DeshGujaratRead More

New Delhi: The Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari has said that the government is keen on developing Chabahar Port in Iran and is hopeful of starting operations by 2018. Shri Gadkari is in Teheran today, to represent India at the taking over of office by President Hassan Rouhani for the second term. On the eve of his visit to Iran the Minister said that India and Iran have shared special ties historically. Shri Gadkari informed that civil construction wor...Read More

Kandla: Following are the Gujarat related highlights of Union Shipping minister Nitin Gadkari's address at Kandla Port function in Gujarat today in presence of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. -Rs 1800 crore port profit went up to Rs 4,000 crore last year and this year it will be Rs 5,000 crore thanks to direction given by PM. -In 2014 we had only 100 mt capacity at our ports. PM asked us to focus and work upon for increased capacity. We have increased 266 mt capacity. -We used to ...Read More

New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is working on a project to provide toilet facilities with proper water and light at all 370 toll plazas located on National Highways within the next three months under Swatch Bharat Mission. The Minister of Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari directed Regional Officers of NHAI and Road Transport & Highways Ministry in a video conference today, to start work on the project within the next fifteen days. He said all toll plazas on N...Read More

Ahmedabad: Union Road and Transport minister Nitin Gadkari today visited Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation(GSRTC) bus port in Ranip area of Ahmedabad. He was accompanied by Transport minister of Gujarat Shri Vijay Rupani, MoS Transport Shankarbhai Chaudhary and MoS in Centre under Gadkari Shri Mansukhbhai Mandaviya. Ranip bus port has been developed in Public Private Partnership(PPP) mode. The state-of-the art bus stand is fourth bus port developed in Gujarat after two in Vadodara and one...Read More

New Delhi:Government today approved a proposal to monetize public-funded national highway projects, a move that can garner about Rs 1 lakh crore. "The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has authorised National Highways Authority of India to monetize the public funded highway projects which could result in funds in the range of Rs 80,000 to Rs 1 lakh crore initially," Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told PTI. Around 75 operational NH projects completed under public...Read More