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700 e-vehicle charging stations in 2 yrs, 40,000 km of highway coverage: NHAI’s big EV push

ThePrint Team - 23 October, 2021

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

E-vehicle charging stations every 40-60 km, 40,000 km of highway coverage: NHAI’s 2023 target

Moushumi Das Gupta - 16 October, 2021

In an interview to ThePrint, Road Secretary and NHAI chairman Giridhar Aramane said 700 charging stations will come up as part of wayside amenities on national highways.

Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will generate Rs 1,000-1500 crore monthly revenue, says Gadkari

PTI - 19 September, 2021

The Union Minister also said that NHAI will rake in annual toll income to the tune of Rs 1.40 lakh crore in the next five years from the current level of Rs 40,000 crore.

Govt expects Rs 1.6 lakh cr from monetising 104 NHs by 2025 despite lukewarm investor interest

Moushumi Das Gupta - 24 August, 2021

The govt is auctioning national highway assets under two models — Toll Operate Transfer and Infrastructure Investment Funds — to monetise them. The 104 NHs span 26,700 km.

With you at every step, won’t let anyone obstruct development in state, Uddhav tells Gadkari

Manasi Phadke - 20 August, 2021

At an event Friday where both Uddhav Thackeray and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari were present, the chief minister said his government will not allow any obstacles in public work.

NHAI was already facing a ‘debt-trap’ and it borrowed another Rs 58,000 crore during Covid

Moushumi Das Gupta - 3 August, 2021

In written reply to Rajya Sabha, Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari says NHAI's debt was Rs 3.07 lakh crore on 31 March 2021, up from Rs 2.49 lakh crore in March 2020.

NHAI is a gold mine, it will never face debt trap, says Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari

Moushumi Das Gupta - 1 April, 2021

By 2024, India’s road infrastructure will be comparable to US & Europe, with access-controlled expressways, public transport running on electricity, Nitin Gadkari said at ThePrint's Off the Cuff.

888 projects delayed, panel of MPs wants NHAI to focus on incomplete roads, not new ones

Moushumi Das Gupta - 10 March, 2021

Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture has also said it is ‘distressed’ to note NHAI’s Rs 97,000-crore debt servicing liability in the coming years.

15 yrs in the making, Rs 9,000-cr Delhi-Gurugram expressway now looks at Sept 2022 completion

Revathi Krishnan - 27 February, 2021

The 29-km expressway — 18.9 km in Haryana and 10.1 km in Delhi — was first proposed by Haryana govt in 2006.

Rs 1 lakh crore Delhi-Mumbai and Ambala-Kotputli expressways to be ready by March 2022

Moushumi Das Gupta - 15 December, 2020

The two highways are part of 22 greenfield expressways the govt has proposed to build. A third, between Amritsar and Jamnagar, will be completed by March 2023.

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