Tamil Nadu Overhauls Highway Contracting to Eradicate Corruption and Boost Infrastructure
Tamil Nadu’s Ministry of Highways, led by Minister Aadhav Arjuna, officially announced a comprehensive structural overhaul of the state’s highway contracting framework this week. The reform initiative aims to dismantle the long-standing ‘commission culture’ that has historically plagued infrastructure projects, replacing opaque practices with automated billing, expedited payment cycles, and strict prohibitions against benami entities….