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NHAI plans cashless treatment facility on Golden Quadrilateral for road accident victims
•This will cover the immediate needs of hospitalisation of the victims for the first 48 hours, up to a cost of Rs 30,000 starting from the time of the ambulance reaching the accident site
Union Budget 2022: From 5G rollout by 2023 to issuance of e-passports, highlights from Nirmala Sitharaman’s speech
Fp Staff •Speaking for a duration of one-and-a-half hour, the finance minister said that this budget would focus majorly on taking India@75 to India@100
230-km-long Kargil-Zanskar national highway to become an all-weather road
•This is the second consecutive year that the Kargil-Zanskar highway has been operational during the winter season. It will be the shortest route to Kargil via Manali, Darcha and Padum areas, officials said
PM Modi lays foundation stone for road projects in Maharashtra temple town Pandharpur
Fp Staff •The prime minister said he wanted to ask for three blessings, trees along walkways along the highways, arrangement for drinking water along the roads, and to make Pandharpur the cleanest pilgrimage site in India
Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone for four laning of two major highways in Maharashtra today
Fp Staff •The highways will have dedicated walkways for ‘Palkhi’ on either side and will be built at an estimated costs of more than Rs 6,000 crore and Rs 4,000 crore respectively
Paytm helps 2.5 lakh FASTag users with fast redressal mechanism to get a refund for wrong toll charges
Trendingdesk •According to Paytm Payments, the company has won 82 percent of cases on behalf of its FASTag users.
FASTag mandatory from midnight on 15 February; vehicles sans stickers to pay double toll fee
•The ministry has clarified that this has been done to further promote fee payment through digital mode, reduce waiting time and fuel consumption, and provide for a seamless passage through the fee plazas
Finance Ministry credits govt, RBI for ‘green shoots of economic revival’ as agriculture, petroleum, electricity indicators pick up
•The Finance Ministry cited "green shoots" of recovery in agriculture, manufacturing and services sectors, and said the prompt policy measures taken by the government and RBI have helped reinvigorate the economy with minimal damage
Coronavirus Outbreak: NHAI to resume toll collection on national highways from 20 April; transporters' body AIMTC opposes move
•Replying to communication from NHAI, the ministry said the authority in letters dated 11 April and 14 April had highlighted reasons for resuming the collection of user fee on national highways, saying that the Ministry of Home Affairs has allowed a lot of activities with effect from 20 April, including commercial and private establishments and construction work.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Centre temporarily suspends toll collection on national highways to ease emergency services
•'In view of COVID-19, it has been ordered to temporarily suspend the collection of toll at all toll plazas across India,' Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announced.