NHIDCL signs MoU with NIT Manipur for highways construction

22 Dec 2022 CW Team

According to the statement, "National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), a CPSE under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India, is seeking and promoting innovative technologies to find workable solutions to the challenges posed in the construction of highways facing extreme climatic conditions.

Both NHIDCL and NIT Manipur are top-ranking national organisations in their respective professions, and they have come together to work as a team to accomplish national goals with the greatest amount of collaboration and skill.

According to the news release, "both the organisations will utilise their unique expertise to work on road infrastructure and highway engineering projects.

The National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corp.'s mission is to support cutting-edge technology in order to develop workable solutions to the difficulties associated with building highways in regions with extreme climatic conditions.

IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, CSIR-CRRI, NSDC, IIT Patna, NIT Srinagar, NIT Agartala, NIT Silchar, NIT Uttarakhand, NIT Nagaland, NIT Sikkim, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Mandi, and NIT Jote, Arunachal Pradesh have all signed MoUs with NHIDCL as part of that process.

According to the ministry, NHIDCL has already signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with IIT Bombay and IIT Guwahati and is currently in talks to do the same with other IITs and NITs.

In order to sign Memorandums of Understanding, NHIDCL has also begun talking with other IITS and NITS. This would assist NHIDCL in implementing cutting-edge technologies and locating a workable solution to the problems with highway construction in difficult hilly and border locations.

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The National Institute of Technology, Manipur (NIT Manipur) and National Highways Infrastructure Development Corp. Ltd. (NHIDCL) have signed an MoU to strengthen their partnership in the field of highway engineering and other infrastructure projects, according to a statement from the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. According to the statement, National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), a CPSE under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India, is seeking and promoting innovative technologies to find workable solutions to the challenges posed in the construction of highways facing extreme climatic conditions. Both NHIDCL and NIT Manipur are top-ranking national organisations in their respective professions, and they have come together to work as a team to accomplish national goals with the greatest amount of collaboration and skill. According to the news release, both the organisations will utilise their unique expertise to work on road infrastructure and highway engineering projects. The National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corp.'s mission is to support cutting-edge technology in order to develop workable solutions to the difficulties associated with building highways in regions with extreme climatic conditions. IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, CSIR-CRRI, NSDC, IIT Patna, NIT Srinagar, NIT Agartala, NIT Silchar, NIT Uttarakhand, NIT Nagaland, NIT Sikkim, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Mandi, and NIT Jote, Arunachal Pradesh have all signed MoUs with NHIDCL as part of that process. According to the ministry, NHIDCL has already signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with IIT Bombay and IIT Guwahati and is currently in talks to do the same with other IITs and NITs. In order to sign Memorandums of Understanding, NHIDCL has also begun talking with other IITS and NITS. This would assist NHIDCL in implementing cutting-edge technologies and locating a workable solution to the problems with highway construction in difficult hilly and border locations.

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