The Gujarat High Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy and issued notices to the state government and local authorities and also sought a status report in the matter by November 14. The British-era suspension bridge on the Machchhu river in Morbi collapsed on October 30, claiming 135 lives. […]
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Gujarat HC takes suo moto cognisance of Morbi bridge collapse tragedy
The Gujarat High Court on Monday took suo moto cognisance of the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy and issued notices to the state government and local authorities and also sought a status report in the matter by November 14. The collapse of the British-era suspension bridge in Morbi on October 30 claimed 135 lives. A division […]
Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate 13 road projects worth Rs 5315 cr in MP today
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate 13 road projects worth Rs 5315 crore in Jabalpur and Mandla districts of Madhya Pradesh on Monday. The Union Minister and CM Chouhan will lay the foundation stone of five road projects of 329 km worth […]
Disbursals to SHGs and road sector in rural areas lag: NSO report
Roads constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and the self-help groups’ (SHGs) Community Investment Fund (CIF) are among four schemes that have underperformed during the June quarter. This was revealed by the National Statistical Office (NSO), which monitors these schemes on a quarterly basis under the 20-point programme (TPP). Performance of an item […]
Callousness, greed responsible for bridge collapse, not tech: IIT-D experts
Experts at IIT Delhi believe that the main reason behind accidents such as bridge collapses is not a technical fault but it’s due to human negligence and greed. Experts say that reliable and modern technology is available in the country to build bridges and flyovers. However, such accidents happen when technical aspects are ignored. On […]
Acting on Morbi tragedy, Odisha govt shuts down Mahanadi suspension bridge
The collapse of a suspension cable bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi, which killed over 140 people, has prompted the Odisha government to act too. Following the major incident, the Odisha government has closed down the suspension bridge, connecting the Dhabaleswar Shiva shrine on an island in Mahanadi River to Athagarh of Cuttack district and seeing a […]
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurates road projects worth Rs 141 crore
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday dedicated two projects — a newly constructed flyover at Basai Chowk and the Mahavir Chowk underpass built near the main bus stand in Gurugram — at a cost of Rs 141 crore. “After coming to power in 2014, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) was formed to […]
‘Nitish didn’t allow road construction over shoe hurled at him 15 yrs ago’
Political strategist Prashant Kishor levelled a sensational allegation on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar claiming that the latter did not allow a road to be constructed in West Champaran district as a person hurled a shoe at his rally 15 years ago. During the ‘Jan Samwad’ with common people in Yogapatti block of West Champaran […]
‘Nitish didn’t allow road construction as shoe hurled at him 15 yrs ago’
Political strategist Prashant Kishor levelled a sensational allegation on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar claiming that the latter did not allow a road to be constructed in West Champaran district as a person hurled a shoe at his rally 15 years ago. During the ‘Jan Samwad’ with common people in Yogapatti block of West Champaran […]
Govt notifies enhanced financial support for Central, state PPP projects
The Centre has revamped and broadened the India Infrastructure Project Development Fund Scheme with an aim to provide financial assistance in meeting the cost of transaction advisors and consultants engaged in the development of Public-Private Partnership projects, as per a statement and a gazette notification by the Finance Ministry on Friday, the corpus of this […]
Morbi bridge collapse: Search and rescue operation officially complete
The search and rescue operation was called off on Thursday night, five days after a 143-year-old suspension bridge collapsed into the Machchu river claiming at least 135 lives, said the official. State Commissioner of Relief Harshad Patel said that no more victims were reported missing so the rescue operation was called off. “The ongoing search […]
Gujarat bridge tragedy: Search and recovery operations end, death toll 135
The Gujarat government on Thursday called off the five-day-long search operation launched after the collapse of a British-era suspension bridge on the Machchhu river in Morbi town of Gujarat and the death toll remained unchanged at 135. State Commissioner of Relief Harshad Patel visited Morbi, located around 300 km from the state capital Gandhinagar, and […]