The concession period for projects, including maintenance, on the BOT model is 15 to 20 years and 15 years for HAM. (Photo source: Unsplash/Ridham Nagralawala)

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To prevent road accidents and fatalities, the highways ministry has decided to penalise contractors if more than one accident happens in a year on a particular stretch of National Highways, built under the build-operate-transfer model, a senior government official said on Sunday.

Road Transport and Highways Secretary V Umashankar said the highways ministry has revised the BOT document, and now contractors will have to undertake crash management and take corrective steps if more than one accident happens in a particular period on a highway stretch built by them under th

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