Toll revenue to touch Rs 1.34 lakh crore a year by 2025: Nitin Gadkari
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Last Updated: Jan 20, 2021, 09:41 PM IST
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While speaking at an event Leadership Summit 2021 and 14th ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India) Awards, Gadkari called chartered accountants are the growth engine of our economy .
There is a need to develop different types of initiatives to make policy through which we can receive more foreign direct investment in the country, he added.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the National Highways Authority of India s (NHAI) financial status is in a good shape, and the country s toll revenue, which is Rs 34,000 crore per year, will touch Rs 1.34 lakh crore a year by 2025. Now, the great challenge for me is how we are going to monetise the project and how we are going to raise the funds. This is important that we are adopting different types of solutions for that, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadka
The Indian economy is the fastest-growing economy in the world and now, the country needs to adopt different types of innovation in financing, Gadkari noted.
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The Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari has asked state governments to accord top priority to road safety, in a statement released by the ministry. Nitin Gadkari was addressing 19th meeting of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) on Tuesday (January 19) in New Delhi. he meeting was attended by Transport Ministers from the states of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.
Another shot at Bengaluru-Mangaluru road work
Another shot at Bengaluru-Mangaluru road work
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Jan 19, 2021, 06:00 IST
Tender called for 4-laning of BC Rd and Gundya stretch
There is a glimmer of hope for commuters of the accident-prone road between
Bengaluru and
NHAI) has called for a tender for four-laning of the BC Road-Gundya stretch.
Though a tender was awarded earlier and work was inaugurated by
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in 2016, it had to be abandoned due to technical issues. Since then, road construction has been in limbo. This 63-km is a crucial link passing through towns and then patches of forests.