The RFID-based FASTag is affixed on the windscreen of the vehicle. It is a device that facilitates near non-stop movement of vehicles through toll plazas by employing radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to make toll payments directly from... read more

The three-lane underpass is part of National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) Dhaula Kuan-Airport corridor decongestion plan. read more

The budget provides a push to industrial corridors and dedicated freight corridors, Jal Marg Vikas Project (enhancing connectivity through inland waterways) and UDAN (regional airport development and connectivity scheme). read more

Mumbai rains have wreaked havoc claiming lives and bringing the city to a near halt. Trains, flights and road transport have been hampered and the government has declared a holiday on Tuesday. read more

Experts blame over-speeding, overcrowding of public transport vehicles, drink driving and absence of adequate road signs as the major factors for the high number of accidents in the hill states. read more

These are: city-highway transition zones, transport hubs and market infrastructure to link rural-urban India, affordable housing implementation, land title reforms, and urban water read more

The removal of the requirement will open up employment opportunities for a large number of unemployed persons, especially the youth, and the decision will also help meet shortage of nearly 22 lakh drivers in transport and logistics sector, which is hindering... read more

The ministry of road transport and highways has hired consultancy firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to prepare a draft policy in collaboration with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to revamp the toll system, which was last revised in... read more

VK Singh, who is currently the Minster of State for Road Transport and Highways, dismissed the advisor after the allegations came to fore. read more

Out of the two ROBs, one is to be constructed between Kanauta and Khatipura stations and the other is to be constructed between Shivdaspura and Padampura stations. read more

In the previous government, Mansukh Mandaviya was the minister of state in charge of ministry of road transport and highways, ministry of shipping and ministry of chemicals and fertilizers. read more

Even as the perception that the government was centralised gained ground, most observers believed that Nitin Gadkari was a truly autonomous minister. read more

The transport ministry, led by Nitin Gadkari, awarded 5,489 km and constructed 10,855 KM as against its target of awarding 20,000 km and constructing 16,420km in the previous financial year. ` read more

The lateral entry mode, which relates to the appointment of specialists from private sector in government organisations, is considered as an ambitious step of the Modi government to bring in fresh talent in bureaucracy. read more

Meanwhile, those holding paperback licences will still have to get an NOC from the concerned RTOs for the processes, the transport commissioner’s office said. read more