NHAI puts GPS-based tolling on fast-track, invite bids for consultant
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NHAI puts GPS-based tolling on fast-track, invite bids for consultant
Dipak K Dash / TNN / Apr 21, 2021, 11:03 IST
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NEW DELHI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has fast-tracked the plan to launch the GPS-based tolling with one of its subsidiaries floating a tender to engage a technical consultant to prepare the roadmap. The consultant will also suggest the need for changes in laws to implement the system, which aims at doing away with the toll gates across the NH network.
Last December, Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari had said NHs would be toll plaza free in the next two years. Last month, NHAI chairman S S Sandhu has also announced that the technology will be deployed on some NH stretches as pilot in the next one year.
Making FASTag mandatory won t breach right to freedom of movement, says Centre
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Last Updated: Apr 14, 2021, 02:41 PM IST
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The Centre made the submission in an affidavit filed in the High Court last week in response to a public interest litigation challenging its decision to make FASTag, the electronic toll collection chip, mandatory for all vehicles at toll plazas on national highways.
The Union government has informed the Bombay High Court that making FASTag mandatory for all vehicles plying on national highways does not breach a citizen s fundamental right to freedom of movement in any way. The Centre made the submission in an affidavit filed in the High Court last week in response to a public interest litigation challenging its decision to make FASTag, the electronic toll collection chip, mandatory for all vehicles at toll plazas on national highways.
NHAI makes deployment of Network Survey Vehicle mandatory to improve road quality
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Last Updated: Apr 13, 2021, 06:01 PM IST
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Synopsis NHAI has decided to deploy Network Survey Vehicle to enhance quality of the National Highways. Carrying out road condition survey using NSV on the National Highways has been made mandatory at the time of certifying completion of the project and every six months thereafter, the NHAI said in a statement.
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NSV uses high resolution camera to capture images of highways and has several other features.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Tuesday said it has made deployment of Network Survey Vehicle (NSV) mandatory to ensure better quality of roads. NSV uses high resolution camera to capture images of highways and has several other features.
MEP Infrastructure Developers rose 1.24% to Rs 16.35 after the company said it commenced tolling operations at Sergarh Fee Plaza in Odisha from 6 April 2021.The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has engaged MEP Infrastructure Developers as the contractor for the collection of user fee through e-tender for Sergarh Fee Plaza of NH-5 in the state of Odisha. The period of the said contract is one year till 6 April 2022. The contractual amount for the said project is Rs 62.73 crore payable to NHAI.
On a consolidated basis, MEP Infrastructure Developers reported a net profit of Rs 82.10 crore in Q3 FY21 as compared to a net loss of Rs 71.87 crore in Q3 FY20. Net sales dropped 41.2% to Rs 282.43 crore in Q3 FY21 over Q3 FY20.
ITNL, a subsidiary of IL&FS, on 31 March 2021 has duly received settlement amount of Rs 673 crore for Kiratpur Ner Chowk Expressway (KNCEL) and Rs 20 crore towards claims for Chenani Nashri Tunnelway (CNTL) - from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
With these two projects, NHAI and MoRTH have settled aggregate IL&FS claims of over Rs 1,804 crore across 6 Road projects.
KNCEL project was foreclosed under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) guidelines of March 2019 for stalled and incomplete projects. CNTL is a completed project, earning annuities, and the Rs 19.6 crore is the claim amount towards change of scope.