Overview
- NHAI’s June 10 circular limits each consultant engineer to supervising no more than 10 national highway projects at any given time.
- Firms now have a 60-day window to reallocate staff before the cap takes effect in early August.
- Designated engineers must conduct monthly site inspections and contribute to progress reports under the new oversight rules.
- The guidelines also specify appointments for independent or authority engineers and detail delegation protocols for HAM and EPC projects.
- The measures follow a May 19 collapse of an NH-66 stretch in Kerala that led to the suspension of a project director and a site engineer.