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28/06/22 06:07 AM IST

“National Highway Excellence Awards” 2021

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  • With a view to strengthen and augment the road infrastructure in the country, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) initiated “National Highways Excellence Awards”(NHEA) in 2018 in order to incentivize stakeholders in the highway construction and maintenance process and to create a spirit of healthy competitiveness amongst them.
About Awards 
  • The aim of the award is to create world-class road infrastructure, highways, toll plazas, expressways, bridges, tunnels every day through new and innovative construction processes along with a strong focus on environmental sustainability and cleanliness factors.
  • The idea is to recognize and award companies for the best-performing road assets and toll plazas across the country. 
  • Acknowledging companies which are performing exceptionally and delivering the finest quality services during construction, operations & maintenance, innovation, greenery, tolling stages of highway development as well as in the arena of road safety. 
  • For the 4th award cycle, two new categories of Bridge Construction and Tunnel Construction were introduced.
Awards Category 
  • Excellence in Project Management
  • Excellence in Highway Safety
  • Excellence in Operation and Maintenance
  • Excellence in Toll Management
  • Innovation
  • Green Highway
  • Outstanding Work in Challenging Condition
Source- PIB 

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