Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari who laid foundation for five national highway projects here said he has set a goal of transforming the surface transport landscape on lines with the United States of America. The five projects are: Belagavi-Sankeshwar bypass, Sankeshwar bypass up to Maharashtra border, Chorla-Jamboki-Belagavi, Vijayapura-Muragundi (NH 548B) and Siddapura-Vijayapura […]
Category: Roads
Pune district collector visits ‘deadly stretch’ on highway to understand reasons behind accidents
PUNE: Pune district collector Rajesh Deshmukh Thursday morning visited the ‘deadly stretch’ of highway between new Katraj tunnel and Navale bridge and inspected the works being carried out by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). Last Thursday (February 17), Deshmukh had held a meeting with the concerned governing bodies […]
Ghaziabad: Six foot overbridges may not come up on Delhi-Meerut Road
The district is unlikely to get six foot overbridges (FOBs) proposed at various locations on the Delhi-Meerut Road by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), the agency taking up construction of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project. It was in August 2019 that the then Meerut divisional commissioner, Anita C Meshram, announced that […]
Gurugram police urge NHAI to install escalators in foot overbridges on NH-48
Gurugram: The Gurugram Police on Saturday wrote to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and instructed the agency to immediately install escalators at three foot overbridges (FOBs) on National Highway-48. Police said the FOBs will help reduce the number of accidents on the 25km-long stretch. Police said the decision was taken after a traffic […]
Centre to spend ₹3 lakh crore on highways in Andhra by 2024: Gadkari
The Central government will spend nearly ₹3 lakh crore on development of highways and roads in Andhra Pradesh in the next two years, Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari announced on Thursday. Gadkari was speaking at Vijayawada after laying the foundation stone for 51 various road projects being taken up at a […]
Key congestion nodes in Delhi await March of infra
Commuters in Delhi are likely to see easing up of multiple congestion nodes with inauguration of three key infrastructure projects — Pragati Maidan tunnel road, Ashram underpass project and Kishanganj railway underpass — in March, senior officials said. The projects that have missed multiple deadlines are going on some of the most crucial road stretches […]
Noida: Work on 5.5km elevated road halted again for want of funds
The work on 5.5km elevated road project, which will provide seamless connectivity from Delhi’s Chilla border to the Noida expressway and help decongest the Delhi-Noida link road, has been halted again for want of funds. The state government’s public works department (PWD) has not released any funds for this important project since the construction work […]
Notice to NHAI over flyover on Dwarka e-way
The Delhi high court on Monday sought the response of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on a plea seeking stay on the construction of a flyover on Dwarka Expressway. A bench of chief justice DN Patel and justice Jyoti Singh directed them to file their response and posted the matter for hearing on […]
RTO appeals universities to make road safety part of curriculum
PUNE To create road safety awareness among students and get them involved in the study, the Pune Regional Transport Office (RTO) has now sent a letter to several state and private universities in Pune district requesting to introduce special subjects as per the course structure related to road safety. RTO has asked to give choice-based […]
No barricades, indicators on Kalyan – Bhiwandi bypass road that killed biker, claim motorists
Following the death of a 28-year-old biker at Pimpalghar village, motorists have claimed that while the road repair work is undertaken, there are no barricades or indicators installed to warn them of the repair work, and that the street lights are defunct. The road where the accident occurred on Tuesday was later repaired by the […]
Noida: Commuters advised to drive slow on Yamuna E-way as visibility drops
The traffic police on Wednesday advised commuters to drive slow on the Yamuna Expressway, saying that the visibility has sharply dropped due to foggy conditions. Police said that traffic personnel have been deployed at different places on the expressway to advise commuters to observe safety. Ganesh Prasad Saha, deputy commissioner of police (traffic), Gautam Budh […]
House panel voices concern over delays in highway scheme projects
The parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture in its report on Wednesday expressed concerns over delay in the construction of “port connectivity roads” under the Bharatmala Pariyojana, an umbrella highway development scheme. The committee — headed by TG Venkatesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) MP from Andhra Pradesh — tabled its report in […]