Awoman took it upon herself to fill a pothole in Malleswaram on Thursday after her husband met with an accident there. M Nagamani, 52, took a bag of asphalt waste and a spade to the spot, and with some help, fixed it as best as she could. A video of her filling up the pothole […]
Category: Roads
BU proposes alternative roads to keep traffic out of campus
Bangalore University (BU) has proposed to lay two roads to keep public transport out of its campus, where a postgraduate student died after being run over by a BMTC bus. The alternative roads are also meant to reduce accidents. People travelling from Mysuru Road to the Outer Ring Road and Nagarabhavi go via the roads […]
Wildlife board puts off highway plans inside Bannerghatta National Park
The state wildlife board on Thursday put off the 6.3-kilometre Satellite Township Ring Road (STRR) inside Bannerghatta National Park (BNP). The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to provide a bypass to interstate vehicles through STRR. The project is seen as a way to cut down traffic congestion inside Bengaluru. Given the sensitivity of […]
Potholes keep happening, says Karnataka IT minister
Karnataka IT/BT Minister C N Ashwath Narayan on Thursday said potholes on roads “keep happening” and urged citizens to refrain from “damning our own city”. Narayan was speaking to reporters after chairing a meeting with the Outer Ring Road Companies Association (ORRCA) to discuss Bengaluru’s infrastructure woes, especially on the 17-km stretch that houses several […]
Why no CBI, ED action over Morbi bridge collapse incident? WB CM Mamata Banerjee asks
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday raised questions about the inaction of central agencies like the CBI and ED in the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy, alleging that central agencies only work against the common man. “Why aren’t the CBI and ED taking action against criminals involved in [the] Morbi incident?,” Banerjee told ANI, […]
HC asks NHAI to assess pothole works by BBMP
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to carry out an “independent third-party assessment” of pothole-filling works undertaken by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). A division bench headed by Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale also asked the NHAI to indicate whether the works were satisfactory and as […]
Pakistan, China to revitalize CPEC; India says connectivity should respect sovereignty
Connectivity projects should respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the countries, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday with China and Pakistan set to announce “revitalization” of an economic corridor opposed by India. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Beijing on Tuesday. He will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li […]
Gujarat: Contractors hired for repair work of Morbi bridge not qualified engineers, police tells court
A Morbi district court on Tuesday sent four of the nine accused in the bridge collapse case to police custody for interrogation while remaining five were sent to jail in judicial custody. They had been arrested on Monday for the bridge collapse that killed 135 persons on Sunday evening in one of the biggest recent […]
Morbi bridge collapse: Oreva Group managed bridge since 2008; latest contract gave it full charge: Report
The Oreva Group, which has recently made the headlines for being the firm responsible for the repair and maintenance of the now collapsed Morbi bridge, was reportedly involved with the bridge since 2008. According to a report by the Indian Express, the Oreva Group had a contract for managing the bridge between 2008 and 2018. […]
MMRDA launches huge steel deck in Mumbai
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Monday successfully launched the longest Orthotropic Steel Deck (OSD) at the under-construction Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL). Weighing around five to six Boeing aircraft, this OSD is the 14th of 32 OSDs to be erected within the project. It is also the longest one. The first OSD was […]
Morbi bridge collapse toll rises to 136; cops arrest 9 people, say ‘callousness’ led to tragedy
Police arrested nine people on Monday over the suspension bridge collapse on Machchhu river in Morbi town, Gujarat, as the death toll reached 136 and it came to light that a clock-making firm had been given the contract to repair and manage the structure. Rescue personnel belonging to the SDRF, NDRF, Navy and Army scoured […]
Morbi tragedy: What is a suspension bridge? What could have led to its collapse?
What is a suspension bridge? How does it transfer the load to the ground? Those were questions on the minds of many on Monday, a day after a century-old suspension bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi over the Machchhu river collapsed, leaving 136 people dead. Just before the bridge collapsed, CCTV footage showed, some men were trying […]