CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Note: The centralised contact number 1033 of the National Highways Authority of India may handle calls and assist drivers and cleaners. A dashboard with a list of dhabas and truck repair shops was launched by the road transport ministry. The NHAI’s motto is “Not Just Roads, Building a Nation."

Detailed explanation-2: -Motto of NHAI is Not just Roads, building a Nation.

Detailed explanation-3: -NEW DELHI: The 27-year-old National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the country’s main highway development agency, has got the 20th chairman with the government appointing a senior UP cadre IAS as its new chief.

Detailed explanation-4: -National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) was constituted by an Act of Parliament in 1988 under the administrative control of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways NHAI has been set up as a Central Authority to develop, maintain and manage the National Highways entrusted to it by the Government of India.

Detailed explanation-5: -National Highways Authority of India It is responsible for the development, maintenance and management of National Highways entrusted to it and/or matters connected or incidental thereto. NHAI enters into Concession Agreements for design, construction, operation and maintenance of highways by DBFOT Concessionaires.