New Delhi, June 17 -- The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has debarred infrastructure company Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd (MEIL) from participating in the highway developer's future bids.

The decision follows failure of MEIL to execute adequate slope protection works that resulted in collapse of protection slope on Chengala-Neeleshwaram section of NH-66 in Kerala on 16 June 2025.

MEIL is the concessionaire and promoter of this highway stretch. The project is on hybrid annuity mode (HAM), where the concessionaire has to maintain this section for 15 years.

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