City transport expert Arun Mokashi will lead Yemeni and Indian
engineers to assist the Yemeni government in a proposed highway
capacity building project.

Mokashi, a transport advisor in Mumbai and a former World Bank
transport specialist, will prepare a plan to upgrade the expertise of
the Yemeni Ministry of Public Works and Highways in

the lines of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

“The most outstanding feature of the Indian road reform process is
the establishment of the implementing body, the NHAI, which is separate
from the policy-making organisation, the Ministry of Surface
Transport,” said Mokashi.

“At the state level, the Maharashtra State Road Development
Corporation is a similar body as compared to the Public Works
Department which is a policy-level organisation.”

“Policy organisations must function as managers of infrastructure
development process by rising above the confines of engineering. Road
users paying soaring toll amount and fuel levies will most certainly
demand enhanced accountability from them,” added Mokashi.