The ministry of road transport and highways has been working to build a better and faster road and expressway infrastructure to boost up the connectivity. Union Minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari has even said that India’s road infrastructure will be equivalent to US standards by the end of 2024. Under the ambitious […]
Category: Roads
Portion of bridge on Delhi-Mumbai expressway damaged, NHAI begins probe
Three months after the inauguration of the Sohna Dausa stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, a small portion of a bridge on the stretch at Mahun village in Nuh, around 100km from Gurugram, was found damaged earlier this week, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials said Friday. The 246km Sohna-Dausa section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway […]
Authorities start shifting of NH toll plaza on Jalandhar-Barnala road
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Sunday started shifting toll plaza from Jagjitpura to a new location on Jalandhar-Barnala stretch of the national highway. Farmers led by BKU (Ekta Dakaunda) have been protesting at the toll plaza, seeking for its shifting to a new location. The farmer leaders were infuriated that this toll plaza […]
NHAI issues notices for illegal encroachments, thrash-dumping along Pune-Satara highway
To avert accidents, the National High Authority of India (NHAI) Pune has begun issuing notices to commercial entities on the Pune-Satara highway who have illegally encroached on the roadway and are found dumping garbage here. “We have started issuing notices to several commercial establishments on the bypass highway who have illegally encroached on highway or […]
MP Pratap Simha urges people not to disrupt fencings on Bengaluru – Mysuru highway
After cases of fencing disruptions on Bengaluru Mysuru Expressway, Mysuru – Kodagu MP Pratap Simha urged the villagers to refrain from involving in such activities. He said that the animal movement is observed on the fully access controlled expressway and warned that it might lead to serious accidents on the highway. Speaking to the reporters […]
Passenger trains resume services on restored tracks after Odisha three-way collision
More than 51 hours after the triple train collision in Odisha’s Balasore, passenger trains resumed operations on the repaired tracks, after restoration works were undertaken on a war footing, on Monday. Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw waved at passengers and crew and prayed for their safe journey, as services on the up and down lines were […]
Highway traffic management system on Mumbai-Pune Expressway to curb accidents
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) will implement a highway traffic management system (HTMS) on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway from August to reduce frequent accidents. The system will have 370 cameras and 17 types of traffic violations will be tracked by a private company. The firm will collect ₹555 per challan. Sanjay Yadav, joint […]
Delhi PWD’s 10-year plan for 1,400 km road network awaits Cabinet approval
The Public Works Department (PWD) has finalised and sent for approval its ₹21,500 crore 10-year action plan that envisages dividing its 1,400km road network into sections for streamlining repair, sanitation, and maintenance and beautification works of the Capital’s roads. Under the mega plan which is part of the Budget for the current financial year, all […]
Digital boards installed on ‘deadly stretch’ alerting drivers in different languages
PUNE: While the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Pune district administration have been continuously making efforts to prevent/reduce the number of accidents on the deathly stretch between New Dari Pul Bridge and Navale Bridge Chowk, they have now installed digital boards along the entire stretch warning drivers in various regional languages not to […]
Dwarka e-way: India’s first access controlled 8-lane expressway to be ready by April 2024
Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari earlier this week said that Dwarka expressway, India’s first eight-lane access controlled expressway would be completed by April 2024, thus relaxing the pressure of on the Delhi Gurugram expressway (NH48). The 34-meter wide expressway, being built at a cost of ₹9,000 crore, is being constructed on […]
This new highway to cut travel time between Noida to Delhi-Mumbai expressway by 3-4 hours: Details
Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said that a six-lane highway is being developed to connect Noida, Faridabad and other NCR-cities with the Delhi-Mumbai expressway, thus reducing the travel time from Noida to expressway by three-four hours. While sharing the images of the new 50 km long highway on Twitter, […]
Work on Gurugram sections of Dwarka e-way to be completed by June-end, says NHAI
The work on the Gurugram sections of the Dwarka Expressway will be completed by the end of June, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials said on Thursday, adding that the cloverleaf near the Kherki Daula toll plaza, which is a key structure that will connect Dwarka Expressway with Delhi-Jaipur highway and the Southern […]