Category: Roads

Hyderabad: Seven junctions will witness severe traffic snarls for at least one more year due to the extension of the construction deadlines of all skyways under Telangana state government’s flagship Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP) project. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials claimed that the project, which was progressing at a brisk pace until August […]

New Delhi: In a latest twist to the financial frauds at IL&FS, an audit report has found about 107 instances of loan evergreening, loans given without adequate collateral and management links with borrower companies. The report submitted by Grant Thornton last week to the new IL&FS board headed by Uday Kotak, its final forensic audit, […]

Hyderabad: To ensure that vehicles don’t have to wait for long at toll booths on the Outer Ring Road, the HMDA intends to draw a line on the ground for the operator, Eagle Infra India Limited. If the waiting line of vehicles cross the line, they will not need to pay the fee. The no-wait […]

Thiruvananthapuram: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has reassured Kerala officials that the land acquisition process for road widening will continue and tenders will be issued on completion of the process, but the NHAI order placing Kerala on the second High Priority II list cannot be revoked. However, PWD secretary G. Kamalavardhana Rao, who […]

KOCHI: Land acquisition for the Tripunithura extension of Kochi Metro consisting of two stations will be completed by May 31. The Kochi Metro Rail Limited will acquire 2.75 acres for preparatory works and two acres for the construction of the two stations involving a total of 193 land parcels. “The district administration along with KMRL […]

Thiruvananthapuram: There is still lack of clarity on the development of NH-66 though PWD Minister G. Sudhakaran has received an official communication from the NHAI chairman that NH-66 is back on the priority list. PWD principal secretary G. Kamala Vardhana Rao will meet NHAI chairman Narendra Nath Sinha in New Delhi next week to seek […]

Bengaluru: KRDCL Managing Director B.S. Shivakumar has said that the government was looking at an integrated answer to address the transport woes plaguing the city and the proposed elevated corridor project will be its critical component. Addressing KRDCL employees about the project, Shivakumar said it will be implemented in four phases and would alleviate congestion, […]

Restrictions on the movement of civilian traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway were further relaxed on Tuesday, with the authorities partially lifting the ban on public vehicles on the Srinagar-Udhampur stretch. The restrictions on civilian traffic in the Srinagar-Udhampur section of the national highway-44 will be lifted on Wednesdays with effect from May 23, according […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Slamming the Centre for allegedly halting the land acquisition process for national highways in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the BJP-led NDA government and the Sangh Parivar has got only one agenda and that was to destroy all the development the state has gained over the years. He said if there was one […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday accused the BJP-led central government of scuttling the development projects of the state because of political vendetta. “The centre’s decision is part of the broader agenda of Sangh Parivar to deprive Kerala and its people of development projects, including NH widening. If there is one organisation that has […]

Kochi: The Ernakulam unit of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), on Tuesday inspected the Palarivattom flyover following a direction from the government to launch an inquiry to check whether there was corruption in the construction. A team led by K. Karthik, superintendent of police, VACB, central range, visited the spot and ascertained the damage […]

Thrissur: The works at Kuthiran twin tunnel on Mannuthy -Vadakkenchery national highway have been put on hold for the past 10 months due to the non-payment a due of Rs 50 crore to the sub-contractor by main contractor KMC. Krishnam Raju, the director of Mumbai-based Prakrithi Engineering said that the one kilometer-long tunnel through the […]