Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

For reviewing the fee collection records and ensuring collection of fees as per provision of NH Fee Rule/ Concession Agreement, independent audits are conducted such as Internal Audit, Thematic Audit and Forensic Audit. Further, to…

National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) has included the clause to construct escape passage in the Contract Agreement of construction of 2-lane bi-directional Silkyara bend–Barkot tunnel on NH-134 (Old…

In order to incentivize the vehicle owners to scrap old, unfit and polluting (End of Life vehicles) vehicles, under the Vehicle Scrapping Policy, MoRTH has issued GSR 720 (E) dated 5th October 2021 to provide concession in the Motor Vehicle…

Details of User fee collection on National Highways operational under NHAI in the last five years are at Annexure. As per Rule 5 of National Highways Fee Rules, 2008, the user fee rate is revised every year. Accordingly, during last five…

Ministry has sanctioned two (02) research projects, one each to IIT Roorkee, and Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) New Delhi in collaboration with Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Dehradun to evaluate bio-bitumen in the laboratory…

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 enacted in August, 2019 provides for installation of electronic monitoring and enforcement of road safety on National Highways, State Highways, roads or in any urban city within a state which has a…

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways after necessary consultation with NHAI issued instructions vide letter no. NH-15017/16/2023-P&M dated 08.06.2023 (Annexure) to all implementing Agencies in the States including Himachal Pradesh in…

The Objectives of Green Highways Policy (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification & Maintenance), 2015 were as follows: To evolve a policy framework for plantation along National Highways. To reduce the impact of air…

Urban planning is a state subject. Accordingly, Traffic Mapping and Modeling for easing traffic congestion in big cities are mainly done by respective State Governments/Union Territories (UTs)/Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). Ministry of Housing…

The ministry publishes “Road Accidents in India” annually based on data received from Police Departments of States/ UTs. As per the report, the total number of road accidents, fatalities and persons injured in the country from calendar year…