Category: Roads

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed 40% civil works of the ₹12,700 crore 10-km-long Coastal Road project between Nariman Point and Worli, including a one kilometre tunnel below Malabar Hill, said municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said on Thursday. He added that the construction work will be completed by November 2023. The coastal road […]

To draw attention of the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) to the increasing number of potholes in the city, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has organised a Best Pothole Photography Contest in the city. The best photos will be exhibited outside the UMC headquarters and will also be awarded a cash prize. “We have already received […]

Motorists from Ahmedabad and Mumbai will have to face traffic snarls as the 50-year-old Versova bridge, built over the Bhayander creek on the Mumbai Ahmedabad National Highway number 8, will be closed from Thursday. The bridge is slated to reopen on 25 September. The two-lane Mumbai-bound bridge will remain operational during the period. The 50-year-old […]

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) issued a show-cause notice to the contractor of phases three and four of Dwarka Expressway in connection with the collapse of two concrete spans on March 28 this year. The notice, issued on the basis of two committees’ findings, cited lack of coordination, lack of workmanship and substandard […]

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to give a makeover to all the bridges and flyovers in Mumbai with theme-based paintings, murals, and 3-D images on their girders, slabs, parapet walls, and anti-crash barriers. The civic body has recently floated tenders for the 18-month project with an estimated cost of ₹8 crore. All work will […]

After doubts were raised over the quality of work in the wake of the contractors bidding up to 30% less than the estimated cost, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is likely to re-tender 30 road repair projects worth over ₹ 1,000 crore in the city. The re-tendering may lead to delay in starting road repair […]

Traffic police officials and commuters said that the placement of jersey barriers to demarcate lanes and block exits along key stretches leading to the Shahid Hawaldar Singh Chowk, and Gurgaon-Faridabad Road traffic signal, at the intersection with Rajesh Pilot Marg, has reduced congestion and travel time. “The jersey barriers have been placed at both these […]

Commuting in torrential rainfall on flooded roads can be brutal. However, the pothole-riddled roads are adding to commuters’ woes as they are being subjected to a rather bumpy ride. The state of the roads remains deplorable, despite municipal corporation officials’ extravagant claims and promises. Recently, in response to an RTI (Right To Information Act) petition, […]

PUNE Farmers and locals in the Maval tehsil have raised objections against the 30-meter proposed service road to Pune- Mumbai expressway in the newly published draft development plan (DP) by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA). They have demanded to accommodate the service road in the acquired land for the expressway and also to […]

Thane Municipal Corporation has ordered an inquiry into the unauthorised widening of Pokharan road number 1 between Cadbury junction to Yeoor in 2015-16, done apparently to help real estate projects on the stretch. Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske has asked for the probe report’s submission in 10 days’ time amid allegations of irregularities in the execution […]

Karnataka public works minister C C Patil on Monday admitted that 99% of speed breakers on the state’s highways and roads are “unscientific”. The minister said this in the assembly while responding to a question raised by senior Congress MLA K R Ramesh Kumar during question hour, seeking details on authorized roads humps or speed […]

Around 75% work of Kashi Vishwanath (KV) corridor project had been completed, said Varanasi divisional commissioner Deepak Agarwal. As per him, the project will be completed by November. As many as 24 buildings have been built as part of the project coming up in over an area of 5 lakh square feet. Different stones are […]