Currently, piling is underway on either side of the Palarivattom junction as part of constructing the 11.20-km viaduct for the metro’s Kakkanad extension. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO With the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) expected to shortly finalise the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the elevated highway on the 17-km-long Aroor-Edappally NH 66…
NEW DELHI: Construction of national highways (NH) touched around 12,300 km in 2023-24, almost 34 km per day. This is the second highest rate of NH construction in the country’s history. The highest so far has been 13,327 km in 2020-21 when construction touched 36.5 km per day.TOI has also learnt that the National Highways…
NHAIhas advisedPaytm FASTag users to procure a new FASTag. New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India has shut down the Paytm Payments Bank and prohibited them from accepting new clients. After tomorrow, March 15, no new customer accounts, prepaid cards, Paytm Wallets, etc, will accept deposits, credit transactions, or top-ups, which also include FASTags. Paytm…
Have a Paytm FASTag? There’s an important update for you! The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has advised Paytm FASTag users to get a new FASTag from another bank before March 15. This is to ensure a seamless travel experience and avoid any inconvenience at toll plazas, according to an official statement. By obtaining…
NEW DELHI: CBI have arrested Arvind Kale, general manager of National Highways Authority of India, in a bribery case. CBI arrested Kale, from Nagpur for demanding a bribe of Rs 20 lakh out of the total amount for clearing pending bills. They have recovered Rs 45 lakh cash, including the bribe of Rs 20 lakh,…
NEW DELHI: Indian Highways Management Company (IHMCL), a subsidiary of the state-owned National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), will extend the deadline for KYC compliance for FASTags by one month, a senior government official said on Wednesday. Earlier on January 15, the NHAI said FASTags with valid balances but incomplete KYC will get deactivated by…
State-owned NHAI on Monday said FASTags with valid balances but with incomplete KYC will get deactivated by banks post-January 31, 2024. File Photo | Photo Credit: N. Bashkaran State-owned NHAI on Monday said FASTags with valid balances but with incomplete KYC will get deactivated by banks post-January 31, 2024. To enhance the efficiency of the…
FASTag KYC update: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is launching the ‘One Vehicle, One FASTag’ initiative to make the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system work better and ease traffic at toll plazas. Its aim is to discourage using one FASTag for multiple vehicles or connecting several FASTags to a single vehicle.To support this,…
Soon, national highways in India will have satellite-based tolling systems. Nitin Gadkari, the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, said that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will start rolling out the new system soon. The Minister told the Rajya Sabha that NHAI will roll out a satellite-based tolling system on national highways by…
