To decongest Mohali, Kharar and the IT City, the construction of the 32-km-long road under Bharatmala project is going on in full swing in the district. In the first phase of the road construction, the work of constructing bridges is going on. The work of road construction will further be expedited after the harvesting season […]
Category: Roads
Govt to introduce GPS-based toll system in six months to replace toll plazas
The government will introduce new technologies including GPS-based toll collection systems in the next 6 months to replace existing highway toll plazas in the country, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday. The move is aimed at reducing traffic congestion and charging motorists for the exact distance travelled on the highways, Gadkari said. Addressing an […]
Mohali civic body to spend 42 crore for mechanised sweeping of roads
The Municipal Corporation of Mohali shall spend around Rs 42 crore in the next five years for mechanised sweeping in the city. The Budget and general house meeting of the House shall be held on March 24, during which the proposal for the same will be made. According to officials, the final touches are at […]
Coastal road: Storm water drain work to affect traffic movement on Marine Drive
Vehicular movement on Marine Drive will be affected for five months, as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will begin constructing a storm water drain network as part of the Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP). Confirming the development, civic body officials said the drain is being built as part of the final phase of MCRP and […]
NH-48 closure: NHAI seeks more Metro trips to ease traffic congestion
Amid the closure of a portion of NH-48 due to ongoing construction of two underpasses and a flyover for the Dwarka Expressway project from March 14, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has written to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief seeking help in easing the traffic congestion on the highway by increasing frequency […]
Delhi Budget starts today, infra projects set to get a leg up
Infrastructure projects in the capital will receive the biggest outlay for capital expenditure as compared to the last eight years of the AAP government, sources said Thursday. The Delhi government has prioritised health and education in every budget since it came to power in 2015. Last year, while the outlay for education was 23% of […]
T5 tunnel opens for traffic, bypasses most vulnerable stretch on Jammu-Srinagar NH
The National Highway Authority of India Thursday opened for traffic T5 tunnel, a 870-metre tunnel that bypasses landslide-prone stretch of the mountainous road between Panthial and Magerkote, on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district. Though the new tunnel will only reduce the distance by only 1.1 km, it will avoid threat to human lives […]
MMRDA to build protection wall near Airoli Katai Naka hillock
In a bid to prevent landslides during monsoon, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Develop-ment Authority (MMRDA) is set to build a protection wall near the Airoli Katai Naka hillock. The agency has consulted with IIT-Bombay for the project. A new elevated road, which is under construction, will pass through the hillock. The Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) […]
Karnataka Oppn parties slam NHAI project director for ‘who will take toll road’ comment
The recently-inaugurated Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway continues to be in the middle of a storm after the project director of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) in a statement said that if a service road is provided to the stretch, who will take the toll road. On Wednesday, NHAI project director B T Sridhar while addressing the […]
Govt to set up high-level committee to fast-track implementation of infra projects along border with China
The government on Tuesday decided to set up a committee of secretaries to fast-track implementation of infrastructure projects along the border with China. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Singh called for expediting all pending projects on top priority, stating that a “whole of nation” approach should […]
Chaos, protests and congestion as toll collection begins at Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway
“I use less than 10 km of this expressway. There is no other road for me to head to my company. Why are they now asking me to pay Rs 135?,” Hemanth, a private firm employee, was seen shouting at staffers at the toll plaza on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway on Tuesday morning. Starting Tuesday, commuters […]
JICA president visits Mumbai to review progress of MTHL project
President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Dr Akihiko Tanaka of Tokyo visited Mumbai to check and review the under construction Mumbai Trans Harbour Sealink (MTHL) project site on Tuesday. Tanaka was accompanied by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) commissioner SVR Srinivas. The MTHL project work is being constructed at a total cost of […]