National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited

The National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) is a fully owned company of the Government of India, set up in 2014 and is responsible for management of a network of over 5,000 km of National Highways out of 1,15,000 km in India. It is a nodal agency of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. K K Pathak (IAS), is the present Managing Director of NHIDCL since 05 November 2019.[1]

National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited
राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग एवं अवसंरचना विकास निगम
AbbreviationNHIDCL
MottoBuilding Infrastructure, Building the Nation
Formation2014
TypeGovernment Agency
Legal statusActive
PurposeDevelopment and maintenance of National Highways
Headquarters3rd Floor, PTI Building, 4-Sansad Marg, New Delhi
Region served
 India    Nepal
Managing Director
Keshav Kumar Pathak (IAS)
Director (Admin & Finance)
Manoj Sahay (IA&AS)
Director (Technical)
V. K. Rajawat (IES)
Main organ
Board of directors
Parent organisation
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India
Websitewww.nhidcl.com

History

Highways Connectivity Company Ltd. was set up under Companies Act, 2013. The name of the company was subsequently changed to National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. and started functioning w.e.f. 18 July 2014.[2] It was created to develop, maintain and manage the national highways, strategic roads and other infrastructure of India. It was dedicated to the task of promoting regional connectivity in parts of the country which share international boundaries. It is responsible for the development, maintenance and management of National Highways in hilly terrain of North-East part of India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Uttarakhand. It works as a specialised agency in high altitude areas and border areas. Apart from highways, NHIDCL is constructing transport related infrastructure e.g. multimodal transport hubs such as bus ports, container depots, automated multilevel car parking etc. Sh. Anand Kumar (IAS) was the first Managing Director of NHIDCL in 2014.[3]

Composition
  • Secretary (RT&H) is the ex-officio Chairman of the company. The Board of Directors consists of one Managing Director, Additional Director General is the ex-officio Director (Tech.), one Director (Finance/Administration) and three independent part-time Directors to oversee timely completion of the projects.[4]
  • NHIDCL has 11 regional offices, 30 Project Monitoring Units (PMUs) and about 40 Site Offices in 13 states/UTs. Regional Offices are headed by Executive Directors, PMUs are headed by General Manager/Dy. General Managers, and Site Offices are headed by Managers.[5]

Projects
India National Highways Map

The NHIDCL (along with BRO) has the task to implement the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North Eastern Region (SARDP-NE) in National Highways portion. The SARDP-NE is under implementation in Phases.

  • Phase-A: Approved in 2005, it included about 4,099 km length of roads (3,014 km of NH and 1,085 km of State roads). The SARDP-NE Phase ‘A’ is expected to be completed by 2023-24.[6]
  • Phase-B: It covers 3,723 km (2,210 km NHs and 1,513 km of State roads) of road. Phase ‘B’ of SARDP-NE shall be taken up after completion of Phase ‘A’.[7]

Tunnels

NHIDCL has been constructing tunnels in challenging conditions since its inception. Some of the big tunnel projects are as under:

NHIDCL has also set up a Center of Excellence for Tunnel Studies (CETS).

International presence

NHIDCL is providing its services of highway construction in Nepal also.[9]

Initiatives

Apart from maintaining national highways, NHIDCL has developed internet portals for smooth governance. These include followings:

  • INAM Pro+: It is a web platform for Infrastructure and Materials Providers. The Portal was formally launched on 10 March 2015.
  • INFRACON: It has been developed as a comprehensive National Portal for Infrastructure Consultancy firms & Key Personnel in order to make the evaluation process during procurement more objective, user friendly and transparent.
  • ePACE: It is an online tool to monitor and improve the progress of works at the click of a button.

See also

References
  1. "Central Staffing to KK Pathak". 5 November 2019.
  2. "NHIDCL Ministry of RT&H".
  3. "Appointment of Sh Anand Kumar as MD NHIDCL" (PDF). 7 October 2014.
  4. "NHIDCL Ministry of RT&H".
  5. "Field Offices-NHIDCL".
  6. "SARDP NE MoRTH".
  7. "SARDP NE MoRTH".
  8. "Centre Speeds Up Construction Work Of Shinku La Tunnel". 19 September 2020.
  9. "Field Offices-NHIDCL".
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