Category: Roads

Ramban: Despite intermittent triggering of rolling stones on the Mehar-Cafeteria stretch and at Shalgari, the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained open for two-way traffic of Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) and one-way traffic of Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMvs) for Jammu on Sunday. However, traffic authorities said that during the last 24 hours up to 5 pm on […]

Srinagar, Feb 26: The Roads and Buildings (R&B) department in border town Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla is mulling to go for the fresh tendering of a road construction after the contractor allegedly failed to start the work on the project. The R&B officials in Uri and Baramulla have issued several notices to the contractor […]

The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained closed for traffic movement for carrying repair and maintenance works in Ramban district on Friday, officials said. The vehicular traffic remained suspended between Nashri and Banihal tunnels on both sides on the highway on the instructions of the government. Authorities said that undertaking necessary repairs for highway upkeep, traffic on […]

New Delhi, Feb 24: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has sanctioned Rs 1,292.65 crore under the Bharatmala Pariyojana for the development of 32 km long 6-lane access controlled greenfield highway from Chandrasekharapuram to Polavaram on (NH-544G) Bengaluru-Vijayawada Economic Corridor in Hybrid Annuity Mode in Andhra Pradesh. In a series of tweets, […]

Ramban, Dec 16: J&K Traffic Police Headquarters Friday issued a fresh advisory for Saturday stating that subject to fair weather and good road conditions, Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) would be allowed to ply on either side of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway while Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) would be allowed to move from Qazigund, Kashmir toward […]

Jammu, Dec 16: The safety audit of the roads and bridges across Jammu and Kashmir has declared that at least 11 bridges are unsafe to use and recommended major repair work of 121 other bridges and identified 250 bridges for minor repair works. Similarly, 302 vulnerable black spots were identified on the Mughal Road. However, […]

Rajouri: Mughal Road was closed for vehicular movement on Sunday after a fresh snowfall and bad weather conditions. Officials said that amid bad weather conditions, rainfall was reported in low-lying areas whereas higher reaches received snowfall. “Snowfall started in early Sunday morning and continued till evening,” officials said. They said that higher reaches received moderate […]

Ramban: Despite light rains, Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained open for two-way traffic movement of private cars, passenger Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs), and Kashmir-bound Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) on Sunday. However, traffic authorities said during the last 24 hours up to 5 pm on Sunday, the highway remained blocked between Banihal and Nashri in Ramban district […]

As the season of snowfall begins, so does start a challenge for the concerned authorities whether to allow or disallow vehicular traffic movement on highways and other important roads during the hostile weather conditions. Not only those managing the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, but others on Mughal Road, Srinagar-Leh Highway and Bandipora-Gurez Road, which sometimes remain […]

Ramban, Nov 4: Vehicular traffic on Srinagar- Jammu National Highway is moving smoothly and without interruption from Nashri tunnel to Banihal Qazigund tunnels. Load carriers carrying essential commodities are moving from Jammu to Srinagar passenger and Light Motor Vehicles have crossed Chenani- Nashri and Banihal- Qazigund tunnels before heavy vehicles were allowed to move on […]

Morbi (Gujarat), Oct 31: The death toll due to the collapse of a suspension bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi has increased to 141 as of Monday morning, a top police official confirmed. The toll was confirmed to the media by Rajkot Range Inspector General of Police Ashok Yadav. However, the toll according to the Minister of […]

Kupwara, Oct 28: The residents of Check Sanzipora in the Mawer area of Handwara Friday expressed resentment against the Roads and Buildings (R&B) Department for leaving their road unmacadamised even after most roads in the area had been blacktopped. The residents alleged that since 2010, their road had not been macadamised. They said that the […]