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February 23, 2021 10:21 IST
It will connect 20 towns around the State capital, State has to pay 50% of land acquisition cost, says Kishan Reddy
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Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy, along with BJP leaders, submitting a representation to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi.
It will connect 20 towns around the State capital, State has to pay 50% of land acquisition cost, says Kishan Reddy
Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy has announced that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has given “in principle approval” for the construction of the 340 km ‘Regional Ring Road’ (RRR) around the twin cities, about 30-50 km away from the existing Outer Ring Road (ORR), to be build at an estimated cost of ₹17,000 crore.
In a bid to encourage the use of electric vehicles rather than those running on petrol and diesel, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday said he will make electric vehicles mandatory for officials of his department. His remarks came during the launch of the Go Electric campaign to spread awareness on the benefits of e-mobility and EV Charging Infrastructure as well as electric cooking in India. If 10,000 electric vehicles are brought into use in Delhi, then about Rs 30 crores per month spent on fuel can be saved and it will reduce pollution. I will make electric vehicles mandatory for officials of my department, he said.
The Road Transport Ministry has taken the initiative to explore alternative fuels like lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen cells for electric vehicles in the wake of increasing fuel prices.
Read more about Govt eases curbs on steel for highway construction to reduce cost on Business Standard. Doing away with restrictive conditions for use of steel in highways construction, the government on Sunday announced that all kinds of steel will be allowed for highways
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FASTag mandatory from Feb 15 midnight: Be ready to pay double if your vehicle doesn t have FASTag
As per National Highways Fee Rules 2008, a double toll charge would be collected from the vehicles entering FASTag lanes without the tag or vehicle without valid, functional FASTag
BusinessToday.In | February 14, 2021 | Updated 20:03 IST
FASTag declared mandatory from midnight of February 15
The Indian government has made it mandatory for all vehicles to use FASTag, an electronic toll collection, starting midnight of February 15. All lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways will be declared as FASTag lane of the fee plaza from the midnight of February 15, as per the guideline issued by the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways on Sunday.