The newly-inaugurated tunnel of the Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor project was thrown open for traffic on Monday. For a few days, traffic movement has only been allowed between 8 A.M. and 8 P.M. to observe how the facility is responding to the traffic load and also to stabilise the traffic pattern. Officials of the […]
Category: Roads
PM inaugurates Rs 920 cr Pragati Maidan corridor project
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Rs 920 crore Pragati Maidan integrated transit corridor project, which includes a 1.4 km tunnel and five underpasses on Mathura Road. He called it the Centre’s gift of modern infrastructure to the national Capital and cited a number of initiatives, including Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways, more […]
NHAI cancels the contract of Gayatri Highways for poor maintenance
The Pioneer its February 14, 2022 edition had published a news titled “Encroachment on service road on Indore Dewas road” which is 45.05 kms long six lane road which starts from Rau square till Dewas and is part of Agra Bombay national highway and the contract of maintenance and toll collection was done by Gayatri […]
Over 100 booked for blocking Delhi-Jaipur e-way; Section 144 imposed in Gurugram“
Gurugram: As many as 100-150 youths have been booked by the Gurugram Police for allegedly disrupting and blocking the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway at Bilaspur Chowk in protest against the Agnipath scheme, even as the Gurugram district administration imposed Section 144 CrPC as a precautionary measure. Veer Singh, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Pataudi) said around 100-150 youths […]
PM to inaugurate Pragati Maidan tunnel on June 19
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the main tunnel and five other underpasses as part of the Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor project on June 19. The inauguration of the 1.6-km-long tunnel, which will be Delhi’s first, will allow commuters travelling to India Gate and other central Delhi areas from east Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad […]
2 NHAI officials from Assam held for bribery
The CBI on Monday arrested an Accounts Officer and a Junior Accounts Officer, both of Regional Office, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), Dispur, Guwahati (Assam) and three employees including Executive Director of a private company based at Gurugram (Haryana) in a bribery case of ` 4 lakh. The agency recovered cash to the tune […]
NHAI creates world record for laying 75-km road in 105.3 hrs
Central road making agency, National Highways Authority of India, (NHAI) has created a Guinness World Record for the longest continuously laid bituminous lane of 75 kilometres in 105 hours and 33 minutes on the national highway between Amravati and Akola districts in Maharashtra. Mentioning about the record, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on […]
Govt orders safety survey of all Ghat roads
In the wake of the recent tragic bus mishap at Kalinga Ghat in Ganjam district, Transport Principal Secretary Bishnupada Sethi has asked the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and the State Department of Works to conduct a safety survey of all Ghat roads in the State. In the recent past, many fatal road accidents […]
Delhi Govt to revamp 500 KM roads
The Arvind Kejriwal Government has decided to revamp 500 kilometres of city roads as per European Standards. Delhi Chief Minister, Kejriwal also inspected pilot stretch developed from Delhi’s Britannia Chowk to Outer Ring road on Tuesday and directed Public Works Department (PWD) officials to “improve work” on horticulture segment of stretch. Kejriwal, accompanied by deputy […]
Monitoring situation, says India after reports on China building bridge on Pangong
A day after reports of China building a second bridge on the Pangong Tso(lake)in Ladakh emerged, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said here the government is monitoring the situation. “We always felt it was occupied,” it added. This reaction came as China is building a second bridge at the lake to enable its […]
‘Amritsar-Jamnagar Expressway to be completed by Sept 2023’
The ambitious 1,224 km long Amritsar-Jamnagar Expressway project, which would connect the busy ports of Gujarat with industrial and agriculture centres from Punjab, is slated for completion by September 2023. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the 277 km long Bikaner to Jodhpur section of the corridor is targeted to […]
Army says China building infrastructure near Arunachal border
The Indian Army’s Eastern command chief on Monday said China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is engaged in infrastructure capacity enhancement across the international border in Arunachal Pradesh. General Officer Commanding-in Chief of the Eastern command, Lt Gen R P Kalita, however, said the Indian side is also continuously upgrading its infrastructure and capabilities to deal […]