‘N’-National

‘H’-Highway

‘A’-Authority

‘I’-India

Well NHAI is an acronym that is used for National Highway Authority of India. Here you will get to know about the things related to the National Highway Authority of India that is NHAI.

What is NHAI?

The first thing arises here is what actually the term NHAI refers to and what does it mean in real. What are the things that are included in the NHAI that is National Highway Authority of India. Well all the answers of these questions will be discussed in this section. Let me firstly focus on the things and what NHAI is exactly. So guys are you ready? I hope you will be satisfied.

Actually NHAI which stands for the National Highway Authority of India, is an autonomous agency of the Indian Government. This is in fact responsible for the management of a network of National Highway and that the very Highway of India is over 70,000 km in the country.

One of the important thing here is that this is the nodal agency of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. NHAI has signed a MoU. MoU here refers to that of memorandum of understanding. This has been signed with the Indian Space Research Organization for satellite mapping of highways.

These are the things about NHAI. Now let me mention many other things that are very important for most of the people who are really interested in the following section.

Some Important Things About NHAI

These are some of the things about NHAI that is National Highways Authority of India. Let me here mention and share with you some of the important things about NHAI. So I am going to share with you dear these very important things with the help of the listed points. They are following:-

• In the year 1988 the formation of NHAI took place.
• One of the thing here includes the NHAI was created thorough the promulgation of the National Highways Authority of India Act,1988.
• This National Highway Authority of India is responsible for all the collections that happens at the toll center on various highways.
• The main thing which is very important about National Highway Authority of India is that this is responsible for the development, maintenance as well as management of National Highways, and this thing is over 92851 km approximately. The given data is in length.
• The North-South and East-West corridor is part of the second phase of the National Highway Development Projects. This is consisting of building 7142 km of four and six lane expressways.
• The Expressways is connecting Srinagar in the north and that of Kanyakumari in the south, also Porbandar in the West and Silchar in the East. This is at a Cost of US$ 12.31.

 

These are some of the important things about NHAI. Earlier I have mentioned that it stands for National highway Authority of India. Now here comes one of the important topic that is Golden Quadrilateral. Yes dear I am talking about Golden Quadrilateral. Just go through them.

Golden Quadrilateral

You may have listened about the name Golden Quadrilateral. If don’t, then you guys may not have to worry. I am going to share with you about this topic.

The Golden Quadrilateral is in fact a Highway network. This is connecting many of the major industrial and agricultural as well as cultural centers of India. This is the main motive and plan of this Golden Quadrilateral.

Well here let me mention the things about the Golden Quadrilateral that a quadrilateral of sorts is in fact have been formed by connecting the capital of Tamil Nadu that is Chennai, also Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi.

And so here is the name Golden Quadrilateral that connects four major parts of India. One of the thing is that the largest highway project in India and apart from the largest project also include the fifth longest project in the world. This was launched in 2001. The then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee launched the project in fact. The project was completed in the year 2012.

This is actually a part of the NHDP. Here NHDP is an acronym that is used for National Highway Development Project. This is comprised of making about 5846 km four and six lane express highways. This is done at the cost of Rs 600 billion.

Review by Critics

Till now you have come to know a lot of things about the NHAI, that is National Highway Authority of India. In the previous section I have discussed with you a lot of information which would be very helpful to the people who are really interested to know about the topic that is National Highway Authority of India. Now let me here mention and share with you some other things and you will be really amazed to know that here I am going to share about the section over the criticism. So guys let me do the things.

According to a report of 2012 that is prepared by the World Bank’s Institutional Integrity Unit, it was alleged that very unfair means are being practiced by the Contractors. Well let me mention in detail about the things. Well in the year 2012, World bank prepared a report after their research. The Institutional Integrity Unit of the World Bank reported that corrupt practices were being followed by Indian Contractors who are working on National Highway Projects. And thus there sought a thorough investigation into the case.

According to same report, it was came into light that the corrupt contractors paid bribes as well as gifts in order to influence the actions of officials. Apart from these very things they also supposed to gift golden coins for influencing the things in their favor. As a matter of fact they gifted and paid bribes to the officials and consultants of the NHAI that is National Highway Authority of India.

This is on of the major drawbacks of the country. That is why many researches have been done from the side the Word Bank’s team as they may have some of the doubtful ideas about the situation.