India needs a new Highway Services Authority

Moving on to technology, the new leap of faith is that toll collections are poised to shift to a GPS-based system

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NHAI | NHAI projects | highway toll

Vinayak Chatterjee 

Vinayak Chatterjee

Every organisation has a core purpose — or DNA, as it is popularly referred to. So BHEL’s DNA is to produce power generation equipment, whilst NTPC’s is to generate power. BHEL does not generate power; nor does NTPC make power equipment.

In a similar vein, the DNA of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is to construct. The NHAI has rightfully earned laurels in fulfilling its institutional mandate in the two-and-a-half decades it has been in existence. It has a string of record-breaking achievements, including now being within striking distance of 40 kms/day of ...

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First Published: Tue, May 04 2021. 22:23 IST
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