A day after they boycotted the meeting called by a high-powered committee of the Haryana government, farmers protesting against the agricultural reforms stated that they have not blocked the national highway-44, rather it is the Delhi police who have obstructed free flow of traffic by installing barricades to stop their movement towards the national capital. […]
Category: Roads
Highway blockade: Centre, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh seek urgent SC hearing
Even as the Haryana government intends to persuade protesting farmers to enter into a dialogue for resolving the issue of blockade at the Kundli-Singhu and Tikri borders, at the doorstep of the national capital, it is also looking for further directions from the Supreme Court (SC) in the matter. The protesting farmers had on September […]
Won’t allow Konkan coastal road if Mumbai to Goa highway work not completed: HC
The Bombay high court (HC) has stated that it would not allow the Maharashtra government to take up new projects like the coastal road through the three districts of Konkan if the state does not ensure that the road-widening project of the Mumbai-Goa National Highway is completed. HC also took note of complaints of potholes […]
Bhiwandi turning from power loom capital into pothole haven due to bad roads
Lakhs of people travel in and out of the loom town on any given day of the week, thanks to its many power looms and warehouses. Comparatively, a meagre ₹30Cr is spent on repairing the roads in this city over the last five years. The Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation (BNCMC) has claimed that it does […]
Motorists face problems as resurfacing of flyovers not done before monsoon
With the work of asphalting on seven flyovers along the Sion-Panvel Highway not undertaken before the monsoon, almost all of them have developed craters and the motorists are facing a lot of issues. In the first week of April, the Public Works Department (PWD) had announced that they would resurface these seven flyovers between Vashi […]
Major infra upgrade planned for Delhi-Jaipur highway by 2023 to improve traffic
In a bid to improve the traffic congestion on the Delhi-Jaipur highway, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has plans to spend about ₹450 crore for upgrading the infrastructure on the highway by 2023. NHAI officials said that the authority has decided to build four major flyovers, five road over bridges, seven minor bridges, […]
₹65 crore spent on road repair in Kalyan-Dombivli, yet roads full of potholes
In last five years, a total of around ₹65Cr has been spent on road repair works in Kalyan-Dombivli. However, despite spending so much on roads, there are complaints of bumpy rides due to potholes raised by motorists every monsoon. Commuters claim that the situation is the same every year as almost the same roads develop […]
Women may lead BRO projects along border
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) plans to create four women-led road construction companies (RCC) to handle projects in forward areas along the India-China border, officials familiar with the development said on Sunday. Two women-led RCCs each will come up in the western and the north-eastern sectors, the defence ministry said in a statement. The announcement […]
Nitin Gadkari inspects Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, car clocks 170kmph
Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari recently checked the progress of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, which will pass through four states, according to Livemint. After starting from Delhi, the eight-lane expressway will pass through Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat before reaching its final destinaton Mumbai. It is likely to be completed by March […]
India may soon get its first ‘electric highway’. Here’s what it means
The central government is mulling over the concept of an ‘electric highway’, to be built between the national capital of Delhi and Jaipur in Rajasthan. Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari said on Friday said the government is already in talks with a foreign company to build the electric highway – his […]
Delhi govt names two roads in Patparganj after personalities from Uttarakhand
The Delhi government has named two roads in east Delhi’s Patparganj assembly constituency after Shaheed Kesari Chand, a freedom fighter from Uttarakhand, and Hir Singh Rana, a folk singer from the hill state. The announcement came on Sunday when chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal was visiting Uttarakhand ahead of […]
AAP MLA Raghav Chadha inaugurates drainage, road revamp plan
Delhi Jal Board (DJB) vice-chairperson and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Rajendra Nagar constituency Raghav Chadha on Sunday inaugurated a drainage and road development project which are likely to reduce waterlogging and congestion-related issues in the area. “MLA Raghav Chadha inaugurated one of the biggest projects in Rajendra Nagar constituency for betterment of drainage […]