“National Highway Excellence Awards” 2021

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About National Highway Excellence Awards(NHEA)-

• With a view to strengthen and augment the road infrastructure in the country, MoRTH initiated NHEA in 2018. 
• It incentivizes stakeholders in the highway construction and maintenance process and creates a spirit of healthy competitiveness amongst them.

• The idea is to recognize and award companies for the best-performing road assets and toll plazas across the country. 
• The aim of the award is to create world-class road infrastructure, highways, toll plazas, expressways, bridges, tunnels every day through new and innovative construction processes along with a strong focus on environmental sustainability and cleanliness factors.
• The awards are designed across multiple categories. It identifies players which have 
  • Adhered to construction and operational guidelines. 
  • Upheld high quality and safety standards, and 
  • Employed innovation and sustainable practices in their work. 
• The companies nominate themselves on an online portal named ‘bhoomi rashi’ by uploading the project information and documents specific to the award category. 
• In the first award cycle in 2018, a total of 107 nominations were received across 5 categories (Excellence in Construction Management, Excellence in Operation and Maintenance, Excellence in Highway Safety, Excellence in Toll Plaza Management and Innovation).  
• In the second award cycle in 2019, two new categories were introduced – 
  • Green Highways and
  • Outstanding Work in Challenging Conditions.  
• In 2020 one additional special award category, Bridge & Tunnel, was added to the pool of categories from 2019.  
• In 2022, the 4th award cycle, two new categories of Bridge Construction and Tunnel Construction were introduced. 

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