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Dhaula Kuan interchange Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, will inaugurate a four-lane flyover at Dhaula Kuan junction near Dhaula Kuan Metro Station on NH 8 today. The flyover is expected to reduce waiting time at the traffic light by 30 minutes at peak hours. This is the first step towards development of an eight-lane, signal free Dhaula Kuan – Airport corridor, as stated in a press release by Ministry or Road Transport and Highways. National Highway No.8 (New NH-48) is the prime link providing connectivity to Indira Gandhi International Airport from Delhi and NCR. The frequent ... Read more

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, laid the foundation stones for seven National Highway projects worth over Rs 4,419 crore in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra on Sunday. From the inaugural function Chief Minister Jairam Thakur, Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda and the Minister of the province, all MPs and MLAs were present on the occasion. The projects include four-laning of 37.03 km long Punjab-Himachal Pradesh Border to Sihuni section of NH-154 at a cost of Rs 1572.9 crore, construction of 104.6 km long Paonta Sahib –Guma-Feduzpul section of NH-707 at a cost of Rs 1356 crore, construction ... Read more

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for NH and Development works Namami Gange project at Haridwar in Uttarakhand today 21st February 2019. The Minister will lay the foundation stone for seven NH projects worth Rs 5,555 Crore. These include  the balance work under package one on 14.948 km long road from Haridwar to Laltappar on Haridwar-Dehradun section of NH-58 and 72, to be built at a cost of Rs 350 crore, the balance work under package two on 22.2 km long road from Laltappar to Mahkampur on Haridwar-Dehradun section of ... Read more

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Nitin Gadkari said at Prayagraj Kumbh that water of river Ganga will be completely clean by March 2020. Talking to media persons at Kumbh, he said the flow of the river will also be undisrupted. “The quality of water of river Ganga at Sangam at this Kumbh is much better in the comparison to previous years and this is the result of completion of only 30 per cent projects being implemented by the Government under Namami Gange programme for rejuvenation of the Ganga. All ... Read more

Doordarshan has launched a unique launched travelogue programme “Rag Rag Mein Ganga”. Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari and Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports, Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore (Retd.) today  launched the new show. The travelogue series “Rag Rag Mein Ganga” has been made by Doordarshan in collaboration with National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). The 21 episode series, covering River Ganga’s journey from Gomukh to Gangasagar, has been shot using state-of-the-art techniques including Drone Cameras and Go-Pro Cameras in ... Read more

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of several road projects and river development works in Bihar tomorrow. Radhamohan Singh, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, will accompany him, along with other officials. Gadkari will inaugurate and lay foundation stone for two national highways projects worth Rs 505 crore in Raxaul. These include foundation stone for work of widening of 69 km section of NH-28A from Piprakothi to Motihari and Raxaul (including ICP Link road) with a cost of Rs 333.60 crore, and inauguration of the widening to 2-lane and ... Read more

Nitin Gadkari , Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, to inaugurate two floating restaurants under the ongoing water front development work of Mumbai Port in Mumbai on 17th November 2018. It was announced by a press release by the Ministry of Shipping. Nitin Gadkari The Minister will also launch the Access Control and Radio-Frequency Identification System (RFID) as well as development of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Invitation of tenders for Mumbai-Elephanta Ropeway and a Super Specialty Hospital at the Port also will be initiated by the minister. The two Floating Restaurants ... Read more

The Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will lay the foundation for India’s largest Dry Dock at Cochin Shipyard in Kerala tomorrow. The Dry Dock will give an impetus to “Make in India” initiative under Sagarmala and raise India’s share in global shipbuilding to 2 percent. India currently occupies 0.66 per cent share in global shipbuilding market. The commercial ship building industry in India is worth Rs. 3,200 crore and focuses primarily on small-medium sized offshore vessels and cargo/bulk carriers. At present, Cochin ... Read more

The Union Ministry may consider reduction or waiver of GST (Goods and Service Tax) for cruise tourism service. It was announced by the Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport, Shipping and Highways. He was speaking at the first international conclave for global cruise tourism in India held on 30th August 2018. “The matter may be discussed in the coming GST financial meeting presided by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley,” said the minister. He expressed dismay on the slow progress of cruise tourism industry in the country. He exhorted for more investment in the shipping industry. The request for reduction ... Read more

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to visit Jakarta and talks are already on to develop a cruise tourism circuit between Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Indonesia as part of steps to bolster bilateral ties. Union minister Nitin Gadkari met Luhut Binser Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs of Indonesia, and discussed ways to take ahead bilateral relations between the countries. Developing a cruise tourism circuit between Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Indonesia and thus implementing Govt of India’s vision to put India on the global cruise market both for ocean & river cruises under its Sagarmala programme was highlighted in ... Read more

ഒരു ലക്ഷം കോടി രൂപ ചെലവില്‍ ഡല്‍ഹി-മുംബൈ അതിവേഗ പാത വരുന്നു. ഡല്‍ഹിയില്‍ കേന്ദ്ര ഉപരിതല ഗതാഗത മന്ത്രി നിതിന്‍ ഗദ്കരിയാണ് പ്രഖ്യാപനം നടത്തിയത്.ഡല്‍ഹി- മുംബൈ റോഡ്‌ മാര്‍ഗം നിലവില്‍ 24 മണിക്കൂര്‍ എന്നത് അതിവേഗ പാത വരുന്നതോടെ പന്ത്രണ്ടു മണിക്കൂറായി ചുരുങ്ങും. മൂന്നു വര്ഷം കൊണ്ട് പദ്ധതി നടപ്പാക്കാനാണ് ഉദ്ദേശമെന്നും മന്ത്രി പറഞ്ഞു. മധ്യപ്രദേശ്‌ -രാജസ്ഥാന്‍ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളെ ബന്ധിപ്പിച്ച് ചമ്പല്‍ എക്സ്പ്രസ് വേയും മന്ത്രാലയത്തിന്റെ പരിഗണനയിലുണ്ട്. സുവര്‍ണ ചതുഷ്കോണ പാതയില്‍ പെടുന്ന നിലവിലെ എന്‍ എച്ച് 8 ആണ് ഡല്‍ഹിയെയും മുംബൈയെയും ഇപ്പോള്‍ ബന്ധിപ്പിക്കുന്നത്. രാജസ്ഥാന്‍, ഗുജറാത്ത് സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിലെ പ്രധാന നഗരങ്ങളായ ജയ്പൂര്‍,അജ്മീര്‍,ഉദയ്പൂര്‍,അഹമദാബാദ്,വഡോദര എന്നിവ വഴിയാണ് ഈ ഹൈവേ പോകുന്നത്. തിരക്ക് കുറഞ്ഞ സ്ഥലങ്ങളിലൂടെയാകും പുതിയ അതിവേഗ പാത വരിക. നാല്‍പ്പതു സ്ഥലങ്ങളില്‍ ഒരേ സമയം ഡിസംബറില്‍ അതിവേഗ പാത പണി തുടങ്ങും.