Pothole-ridden roads are nothing new for residents of north Chennai. The Chennai Corporation recently identified potholes, and has taken up patchwork at more than 1,000 locations on non-bus route roads in the five zones. According to officials, 1,386 locations on non-bus route roads were identified for repair works, with the area being 24,918 sq m. […]
Category: Roads
Work at Parivakkam junction to be completed by Pongal
Work to lay concrete and strengthen the Parivakkam junction on the Chennai – Bengaluru Highway will be completed before Pongal. Concrete-laying work on both sides for a length of 200m began on December 22. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) took up repair work at three junctions — Vanagaram, Velappanchavadi and Parivakkam — following […]
Two women workers fatally run over on NH
Two women labourers working on the Chillakallu flyover that is part of the Vijayawada-Hyderabad national highway in Jaggaiapet mandal were run over by a speeding car and killed on the spot on Thursday. Another woman sustained injuries and is undergoing treatment. According to the Jaggaiapet police, the deceased have been identified as Mangatayaru, 60 and […]
State seeks permission for all 26 National Highway packages
Even as confusion over the inclusion of the four/six-laning of National Highway 66 (NH) in the State in the High Priority-I list prevails, Kerala has urged the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to grant approval for the 26 packages this financial year itself. The State’s request for the approval in toto for the […]
Kerala puts pressure on NH authority
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will float tenders for the national highway corridors where land acquisition had been completed to be developed into four/six lane carriageway . The process will be taken up even as the State completes the remaining land acquisition. This was conveyed by NHAI chairperson Nagendra Nath Sinha to Principal […]
Protesters block NH with body
Traffic was hit for about five hours on the Ramanathapuram-Rameswaram National Highway as family members and relatives of M. Ramachandran, 48, a fisherman who was murdered on Saturday, placed the body on the road and staged a protest, pressing for a charter of demands, including compensation to the family of the deceased. Ramachandran was walking […]
Mumbai-Nashik national highway to turn into carbon sink
A 40-km stretch along the Mumbai-Nashik national highway is being turned into a carbon sink. It will serve as a natural reservoir that stores carbon-containing chemical compounds accumulated over an indefinite period of time. The carbon sink is a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative of Yes Bank, which is working closely with the National Highways Authority […]
Act against monsoon-related problems on NHs in a week: DC
Hephsiba Rani Korlapati, Deputy Commissioner, on Friday directed officers to take action within a week on all problems related to monsoon on national highways in the district. She was chairing a preparatory meeting with regard to the monsoon at the District Offices Complex, here. Ms. Korlapati said that drains had not been constructed by the […]
Police plan to install 16 NPR cameras along highways
Stepping-up its crime prevention and traffic regulation activities, the Salem city police is planning to install Number Plate Recognition (NPR) cameras at various places along the highway stretch here. According to officials, the police is planning to install 16 cameras at various places to identify all incoming and outgoing vehicles in the region. Deputy Commissioner […]
Highways Department plans to plant 13,000 saplings to compensate loss of green cover
The National Highways plans to plant 13,000 saplings on either side of the road from Sulur to Vellakovil at a cost of nearly Rs. 2 crore. According to a press release from V. Easwaran, State youth wing secretary of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), based on a case filed by him in the Madras High […]
Srinagar-Leh NH open for traffic after 4 months
The 434-km strategic Srinagar-Leh National Highway, connecting the Kashmir Valley with the Ladakh region, was thrown open for traffic on Sunday after being closed for over four months due to heavy snowfall. Lt. Gen. K. J. S. Dhillon, the General Officer Commanding of 15 Corps, along with other officials, reopened the highway at a ceremony […]
NHAI flayed for usurping agricultural lands
Criticising the National Highways Authority of India, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday questioned the need for converting agriculture lands into highways. A Division Bench of Justices N. Kirubakaran and S. S. Sundar asked the NHAI the need for laying so many roads at the cost of agricultural lands. The court […]