Union Ministry of Defence grants additional administrative and financial powers to BRO to speed up construction of roads along Indo-China border

Recently, the Union Ministry of Defence has granted additional administrative and financial powers to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to speed up the construction of roads along the Indo-China border. With this, from now, a chief engineer in BRO can ..

Proposed NHAI International

The Government has decided to set up a separate body NHAI International to venture into the road building business outside India. NHAI-International will have offices in several countries and will work as contractor mostly in the neighbour countries such as ..

India, Myanmar and Thailand decided to implement Trilateral Connectivity Project by 2016

India, Myanmar and Thailand reviewed the Trilateral Connectivity Project and decided to put all efforts to establish it by 2016. What is Trilateral Connectivity Project? It is a trilateral highway construction project that aims to connect India, Myanmar and Thailand. ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2012

National Highways Construction in India

By the end of August 2011, India had around 71,000 kilometers of National Highways which connected all the major cities and state capitals. Most of these highways are in 2 lanes. Around 10,000 kilometers have been converted to 4 lanes ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs