Category: Roads

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Construction of a flyover at Sreekaryam as part of the proposed light metro rail in the capital is expected to begin in December. The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) will float the tender for the work within a month.

BENGALURU: A flurry of activities is underway since the last two days on the Bengaluru-Hyderabad NH-44, which leads to the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), in anticipation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bengaluru on November 11.

BENGALURU: In a bid to bring the BBMP’s attention to the appalling state of roads and potholes in their vicinity, residents of Prestige Kensington Gardens and other residential complexes formed a human chain at the apartment premises near the HMT facility at Jalahalli. The residents claimed that they had initially planned to walk from the […]

BENGALURU: Memes and stickers about Bengaluru’s roads have been trending on social media, the most famous being, ‘I am not drunk, but avoiding potholes’. It is a meme every commuter in Bengaluru will relate to.

CHENNAI: Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has appointed three teams consisting of tahsildars, revenue and survey inspectors, to assess government land within 1 km on either side along the Outer Ring Road (ORR) for commercial development. The planning agency hopes to unlock 2,500 acres in the stretch between Minjur to Pammadukulam, Vellanur to Varadharajapuram and […]

BENGALURU: Potholes continue to heap miseries and injuries on Bengalurean motorists. A 47-year-old woman, seated pillion, sustained serious injuries when her daughter, who was riding the two-wheeler, lost control and fell while trying to avoid a pothole. A Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus moving next to them ran over Uma Devi’s leg, near […]

BHUBANESWAR: In a fresh push to the parallel road project on Jayadev Vihar-Nandankanan stretch of the State Capital, the Forest department has given nod for diversion of forest land on a 1.7 km stretch. Officials of Forest and Environment department said the department has given nod for diversion of 10.18 hectare (around 25 acre land) […]

COIMBATORE: Residents and activists allege that the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation(CCMC) is giving preference to particular areas in repairing damaged roads. CCMC officials refuse the charge. Due to projects like 24×7 drinking water supply, Underground drainag, gas pipeline installation, majority of the roads were dug up but are yet to be re-laid. People allege that […]

KENDRAPARA: The incessant rains have exposed the poor quality of road works in Kendrapara district. A glaring example is the road stretch from Nikirei to Indupur. The four-km-long road was built at a cost of `3 crore six months back. After the recent rains, it is now riddled with potholes.

VIJAYAWADA: Flyover works taken up by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) near Vijayawada International Airport are going on at a fast pace. The 1.4-km flyover will intersect the traffic entering and exiting the airport entrance and prevent road accidents on Chennai-Kolkata national highway (NH-16) near the airport.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The preliminary proceedings of the land acquisition for the proposed Kollam-Shenkottai greenfield national highway for the land that comes in the capital district has begun. As part of it, the Union Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways issued a 3A notification (land acquisition) for the 10-km stretch out of the total 59-km stretch. It […]

BENGALURU: Bills worth Rs 25 crore for the dev­el­opment works on the stre­tch between Mariyappanapalya in Hebbal to Kommaghatta, com­pleted just before PM Nare­ndra Modi’s visit in June and that went bad soon after, are all set to be cleared. The BBMP Technical Vigilance Cell Under Commissioner (TVCC) has given the green signal for the […]