{"id":173354,"date":"2020-05-27T15:47:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T15:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=173354"},"modified":"2020-05-27T15:47:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T15:47:05","slug":"nhai-gears-up-to-keep-national-highways-in-good-condition-before-monsoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/173354","title":{"rendered":"NHAI gears up to keep National Highways in good condition before monsoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, May 27 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; In order to keep the national highways in patchless and traffic worthy<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71951\" style=\"width: 731px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-71951 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Highway.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"731\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Highway.jpg 731w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Highway-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>condition, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has directed its Regional Officers (ROs) and Project Directors (PDs) to undertake maintenance of the National Highways on top priority-basis considering ensuing monsoon season. The aim is to facilitate timely action and keep the highway stretches traffic-worthy ahead of the monsoon season i.e. latest by 30<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;June, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; NHAI has issued new policy guidelines to help its ROs\/PDs plan and prioritize better; and then expedite the process of highway maintenance in the desired manner. The target is to ensure thorough planning of the requisite activities and the implementation of the same in a time bound manner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Regional Officers of NHAI have been delegated sufficient financial powers to take quick decisions regarding maintenance activities. Project Directors have been advised to make assessment of the condition of highways supported by technology driven tools through car mounted camera\/ drone\/ Network Survey Vehicle (NSV) etc. for identification of various highway distress (like depression, rutting, cracking etc.) and plan rectification measures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; All field officers have been directed to adhere to the timelines, regularly monitor the progress of maintenance work and keep reporting the same to the Authority at regular intervals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;NHAI HQ will be monitoring the progress closely through its Project Management Software \u2013 Data Lake where pictures of before and after repair works would be uploaded, apart from other repair related information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, May 27 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; In order to keep the national highways in patchless and traffic worthy condition, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has directed its Regional Officers (ROs) and Project Directors (PDs) to undertake maintenance of the National Highways on top priority-basis considering ensuing monsoon season. 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