Category: Roads

Kochi: The state government has constituted an expert panel consisting of three chief engineers to oversee the restoration work of the Palarivattom flyover. “The panel will provide technical aid in carrying out the repair as suggested by a team of IIT Chennai. They will ensure that the restoration work is carried out scientifically,” said PWD […]

Kochi: The Palarivattom flyover requires not just repair, but the entire structure has to be reinstated as there are serious errors even in the design and structure, according to PWD Minister G. Sudhakaran. The government has ordered a probe by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau into the issue, and based on its report, action will […]

KAKINADA: Even before it made a landfall, clone Fani had, by Thursday, caused damage to the Kakinada-Uppada beach road that has been badly damaged in U. Kothapalli mandal near Kakinada coast of East Godavari. With waves rising to a height of more than a metre, part of the road near SPGL company has been eroded. […]

Thanjavur: People of Kasavalanadu Thekkur near Thanjavur have urged the Edappadi K Palaniswami-led Tamil Nadu government to take steps to construct a new bridge in place of a foot bridge constructed during the British period across Grand Anicut (GA) canal which passes through their village. As the river flows through the village, people live on […]

New Delhi: In a fresh case related to fraudulent representation in the books of IL&FS and its key subsidiaries, Deloitte’s former chief executive officer Udayan Sen and two other top officials are under the scanner of the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO). The CEO and co-officials are being questioned for alleged audit lapses in the […]

Bengaluru: To avert accidents on Yeshwanthpur flyover, the City Traffic Police and BBMP are installing metal reflectors on both sides of the walls. The decision was taken following last week’s accident during which a mini lorry fell off the flyover, killing two people.

Chennai: Growing adoption by newer users and multiple usages are expected to support FASTag transactions grow by 150 per cent in 2019 to touch 550 million. NETC transactions in 400 plus toll plazas across national and state highways in 2018 had grown by over 110 per cent over the previous year to touch 221 million. […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has completed a mere 8 works out of 52 road repair works in 10 months. Officials claim that the civic body cannot go ahead with road repair works until pending bills worth Rs 60 crore are released with immediate effect and Rs 80 crore by the month end, even […]

Hyderabad: Residents of the north-eastern colonies of Secunderabad are raising the issue of lack of public transport connecting their areas to the main city, while TRS MP candidate Marri Rajasekhar Reddy is promising to turn all railway stations into smart stations with all amenities. There is a lack of connectivity to the Yapral colonies by […]

Chennai: After having put up the most vigorous and resolute defence of the eight-lane Salem-Chennai Expressway project, both inside and outside the Assembly in recent months, the Chief Minister and AIADMK’s co-coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami appears to have suddenly done a 360 degree turn now. While launching the AIADMK-BJP-PMK-DMDK alliance’s campaign for the April 18 […]

Hyderabad: The Rajiv Gandhi flyover on the JNTU-Hitec City stretch is complete but is waiting for its inauguration as all officials are busy. While the flyover lies empty, an estimated 15,000 vehicles per hour struggle to cross the stretch underneath. The GHMC, which has blocked the flyover, will throw it open to motorists only after […]

IRB Infra’s SPV, Yedeshi Aurangabad Tollway Pvt. Ltd. (YATPL), has partially commissioned its four laning highway project Yedeshi to Aurangabad, in the State of Maharashtra, on March 17, 2019; thus, throwing open all four lanes for vehicular traffic. The SPV is in possession of the Provisional Certification from the Competent Authority to commence tolling w.e.f. […]