The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has asked the Patna district administration to remove encroachment on the existing Danapur-Bihta road and ensure possession of adequate right of work (RoW) so that the field work on much-delayed elevated road project could start, officials familiar with the matter said. Earlier this month, NHAI awarded the work […]
Category: Roads
After 38 hours, traffic on Jammu-Srinagar national highway partially restored
After remaining suspended for 38 hours, traffic was partially restored on 247-km-long Jammu-Srinagar national highway at Sher Bibi in Ramban district around 4 pm on Wednesday, said officials. Ramban SSP Mohita Sharma said, “The traffic movement was partially restored around 4 pm after the NHAI cleared the debris at the Sher Bibi stretch of the […]
MCD to provide NHAI with inert waste for construction of UER-2
More than 364,000 tonnes of garbage from the Ghazipur and Okhla landfills will be used in the construction of Urban Extension Road (UER) 2, the third ring road of the Capital. According to a senior civic official, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to provide it 364,000 […]
Elevated road project will be completed by June 30, NHAI assures MP
Senior National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials in Delhi have assured the competition of elevated road project by June 30 this year, said Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora in a meeting held on Monday. The meeting was attended by senior officials from various government departments as well as NGOs. Taking stock of the progress […]
NHAI’s Rewari unit takes over maintenance work of Delhi-Jaipur highway
Gurugram: The Rewari project implement unit (PIU) of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) took over the maintenance and upgradation of the National Highway (NH-48) stretch from Kherki Daula to Bawal on Monday. The 65-km stretch is in a bad shape at many locations and a number of road improvement projects launched by the […]
NHAI yet to resume work on UER-II project amid DPCC’s closure notice
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is unable to restart work on its Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) project as the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) is yet to revoke the closure notice, officials said on Monday. NHAI said the work is still on hold even after the matter was discussed at a high-level meeting […]
After 40 accidents, MSRDC to take measures to make Mumbai-Nagpur expressway safer
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), which is constructing the Mumbai-Nagpur expressway, has decided to give interceptor vehicles to the state transport department and the highway patrol police, as the expressway, in less than a month, has witnessed at least 40 accidents, leaving seven persons dead and over 35 injured. Phase 1 of […]
Highway between Karnataka’s Neelamangala and Devihalli is ready: Nitin Gadkari
Union minister Nitin Gadkari announced that a road between Karnataka’s Neelamangala and Devihalli has been constructed which comes under National Highway-75. Gadkari also underlined that the road will enhance the connectivity between the state capital and tourist places like Mysuru, Halebeedu, Sakleshpura and Dharmasthala. Nitin Gadkari on Sunday tweeted, “A section between Nelamangala-Devihalli on NH-75 […]
Uttar Pradesh state buses will not operate at night till January 15: UPSRTC
In order to reduce the number of accidents during peak winter season, officials of the Uttar Pradesh state road transport corporation (UPSRTC) have imposed unprecedented restrictions on operation of buses at night. “We have been directed to operate long distance buses mostly during day so they can reach their destination before foggy conditions at night […]
Balbir Seechewal raises Hoshiarpur Adampur national highway project issue in Parliament
Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP, Balbir Singh Seechewal raised the issue of Adampur Hoshiarpur road project in Parliament on Wednesday. Replying to this, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said that they will confirm whether it’s a national highway or not. “If it’s a national highway then definitely ministry will verify […]
Karnataka CM Bommai to hold meeting with NHAI to address Shiradi Ghat road issue
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that a special meeting will be held with the officials of the National Highways Authority of India within a week to provide a permanent solution to the Shiradi Ghat Road. Talking to reporters here on Saturday, he said the meeting will discuss asphalting, white topping and tunnel […]
NHAI floats tender for Vijayawada-Bengaluru expressway, travel in 6 hrs: Report
Frequent travellers between India’s silicon valley Bengaluru and Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada are in for good news. Work is all set to begin on the Vijayawada-Bengaluru expressway for which the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has invited bids. The expressway, also called the BKV (Bangalore-Kadapa-Vijayawada) expressway, will reduce travel time between the two cities by […]