New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- In order to improve the quality of project execution, reduce delays, and bring down the overall lifecycle cost of the National Highway projects, National Highways Authority of India issued clarifications to provisions of RFP that are aimed at strengthening contractor qualification norms, enforcing compliance in project execution, and enhancing transparency in financial submissions.

According to the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, stringent conditions in various clauses under the RFP will help to ensure that only technically capable and experienced contractors qualify for the implementation of National Highway projects.

"One of the important elements of the provision is clarification of the "Similar Work" cr...