Bengaluru: A video clip doing the rounds on social media zooms into what ails Old Airport Road and how motorists feel about it. Many commuters say driving there offers only an “off-road” experience these days. The road, many motorists concur, has become unfit for vehicular movement, thanks to civic apathy. The motorists cite the off-roading […]
Category: Roads
Delhi: Barapullah project may miss its December deadline too
NEW DELHI: Even as lieutenant governor VK Saxena has approved around 1 acre land to be handed over to the Public Works Department for the Barapullah elevated road work, PWD officials said that there is still a patch of half-acre land that is needed to complete the project. Saxena recently approved the acquisition of land […]
96% work on trans-harbour link complete ahead of December deadline
MUMBAI: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has achieved more than 96% progress on the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link Road (MTHL) as work is in full swing to complete it by this December. All works related to building the viaduct and barriers are done and now the focus is on asphalting, installation of light poles, […]
Rs 8,500 crore road works stuck in Mumbai: Aaditya Thackeray
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA and former Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday alleged that the BMC’s termination notice to a Cement Concrete (CC) road contractor for South Mumbai for failing to start works could turn into a settlement notice. Aaditya said that total road works worth Rs 8,500 crore were stuck and not restarted after […]
Om Infra reports Rs 22 crore net profit in Q2
NEW DELHI: Om Infra Ltd has reported a net profit of Rs 22 crore for the second quarter ended September 30. It had clocked Rs 6.12 crore net loss in the July-September period of the preceding 2022-23 fiscal, the company said in a statement on Saturday. The company’s revenue from operations surged to Rs 258.91 […]
Financial IRB Infrastructure Trust gets LoA for Rs 4,428 crore project from NHAI
NEW DELHI: IRB Infrastructure Trust, the private InvIT of IRB, has received the letter of award from NHAI for Rs 4,428 crore road project. This award takes the company’s asset base to Rs 75,000 crore, IRB Infrastructure said in a statement on Sunday. “IRB Infrastructure Trust (Private InvIT) receives the Letter of Award (LoA) from […]
Highways to get patented in India bamboo crash barriers soon; here’s why it’s significant
To enhance safety and reduce construction costs, India is considering replacing steel crash barriers on highways with bamboo. This innovative technology, which has been patented in India and meets European Safety Standards, is expected to provide a significant boost to the green economy and decrease the cost of highway construction by up to 20%, according […]
NHAI facing difficulties in preparation of DPRs as companies not ready to accept new technology: Nitin Gadkari
NEW DELHI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is facing difficulties in the preparation of detailed project reports, as companies concerned are not ready to accept new technology, union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday. The road transport and highways minister said that the government is encouraging the use of new technologies. Addressing the […]
RTO to keep eye on traffic offenders on Mumbai-Pune highway
MUMBAI: State transport commissioner Vivek Bhimanwar on Friday launched a special three-month drive to nab those speeding, lane-cutting, speaking on mobile phones and not wearing seat belts on Mumbai-Pune highways and also Pune-Kolhapur highway. “During our earlier enforcement drive on Mumbai-Pune Expressway and old highway between December 2022 and May 2023,, we had caught over […]
Delhi-Saharanpur highway low: Chaotic work a nightmare for motorists
NEW DELHI: Haphazard construction of the Delhi-Saharanpur highway on the Pusta Road stretch between Lalita Park and Kailash Nagar in East Delhi has triggered heavy traffic congestion and raised the spectre of air pollution as winter approaches. The Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun highway is a 210-km road being built to reduce the travel time between Delhi and Dehradun […]
Government to offer most NH projects on PPP mode
NEW DELHI: As government focuses on monetisation of completed highway projects, now most new construction of national highways (NHs) will be undertaken on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode, instead of fully government-funded works projects or EPC. In a major policy shift, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will bid out nearly 85% of the highway […]
Road ministry sets target for making NHs pothole-free by December end
NEW DELHI: The road transport and highways ministry has set a target to make all National Highways pothole-free by s December-end. The entire 1.46 lakh km of NH network will be covered under some kind of a perpetual maintenance contract and officials concerned will be held responsible for any failure to ensure pothole-free roads. In […]