Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has finalized a new standard operating procedure (SoP) that seeks to speed up the sanction and approval process of national highways by making it paperless.
The new SoP, which is being implemented nationally this month, has been made mandatory for all work executed through the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), state governments, Border Roads Organisation, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd and MoRTH PIUs (Project Implementation Units).
Under the new norms, e-files will be created for all highway projects and with all details including name of work and sanctioned cost. This file will be maintained at project zone sections as well as the ministry so that sanction and approval is completed in minutes rather than days – after all other details and sanction are secured online.
It has also been decided to onboard the concerned chief engineer to ensure faster due diligence and execution of projects.
