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- The National Highways Authority of India has banned construction company PNC Infratech from all its projects for three years over quality issues and negligence in building the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway.
- PNC Infratech has been declared a non-performer by NHAI after a part of the expressway caved in soon after its inauguration and complaints of cracks and a shifting road surface emerged.
- NHAI has formed a technical committee to investigate the material, design and engineering flaws in the expressway's construction.
- NHAI earlier imposed a 2 percent penalty on PNC Infratech and removed three engineers linked to the project, barring them from working on any NHAI, MoRTH or NHIDCL project for two years.
- The action matters because it signals strict accountability for construction quality on major national highway projects.
What to watch next
- Findings of the NHAI technical committee investigating material, design and engineering flaws.
- Outcome of the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway cave-in case in the High Court, where notices were issued to the central and UP governments.
- Action against former project director Saurabh Chaurasia, who was issued a charge sheet.
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Why it matters3
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- PNC Infratech revenue loss and bidding ban· longer
- National Highways Authority of India project delay and reassignment· weeks
- PNCINFRA (Ticker) share price decline· immediate
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Named India · Nakul Prakash Verma · PNC Infratech · Saurabh Chaurasia · Surendra Kumar · Theme Engineering Services · Vivek Gupta · Yatendra Kumar · IIT-Kharagpur · Ministry of Road Transport and Highways · National Highways Authority of India · Nitin Gadkari
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