The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has planned 15 pedestrian underpasses and three foot over bridges (FoBs) to be built under phase II of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME) project. Officials said the pedestrian underpasses will be separate from the vehicle underpasses and be for exclusive movement of pedestrians. Officials said that apart from the […]
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NGT panel seeks report on Signature Bridge green violations
The Yamuna pollution monitoring committee — a panel formed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) — has directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to submit a report at the earliest on the dumping of construction waste into the Yamuna and obstructing the river’s flow below Signature Bridge. Letters have also been sent to the […]
Coastal road work remains on hold as HC refuses to lift stay
The work on the Rs 14,000-crore coastal road will remain stalled as the Bombay high court (HC) on Tuesday refused to vacate the stay on the ambitious civic project, which seeks to cut travel time between south Mumbai and the western suburbs by nearly 70%. The division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice […]
NHAI to start repair work on NH8 stretch from Kherki Daula to Kotputli in a week
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will start repair work on the main carriageway and service lanes of NH-8 between the Kherki Daula toll plaza and Kotputli in Jaipur within a week, officials privy to the matter said. An amount of ₹21 crore has been sanctioned by the NHAI for urgent and special repair […]
158 trees cut to widen 11 ‘congested’ e-way exits
The Millennium City Expressways Private Limited (MCEPL), the contractor for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the concessionaire of Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, on Sunday, finished cutting 158 full-grown trees along the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway to widen the 11 entry and exit points at five places. “The trees are being cut to widen the entry and […]
‘Civic officials not present at the site during CSMT foot overbridge test’: Geo Dynamics
Geo Dynamics, the firm that conducted non-destructive testing (NDT) of the Himalaya foot overbridge (FOB) at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), told the Azad Maidan police that neither civic officials nor the engineers of Professor D D Desai’s engineering firm were present at the site during the test. The Azad Maidan police on Thursday made […]
Mumbai coastal road threat to 36 marine species along Worli shore, says report
A marine biodiversity report has found the coastal road project presents a direct threat to 36 intertidal marine species that thrive on the Worli shoreline. “This reclamation is unsustainable and will end up destroying a bio reserve,” said Sarita Fernandes, from SagarShakti who led the study. Even though work began last month, the Brihanmumbai Municipal […]
No talks on Kartarpur Corridor until Pakistan clears issues: Sources
The second meeting between India and Pakistan scheduled for April 2 to discuss the Kartarpur Corridor details may be postponed over security concerns and “gaps in position,” said a senior officer who did not wish to be named. India said it has “shared concerns and sought clarifications” after reports suggested that a pro-Khalistani leader was […]
Himalaya FOB collapse: Cops to quiz civic officials who worked on the bridge in 1982
In the aftermath of the Himalaya Bridge collapse, the Azad Maidan police is set to question civic officials who worked on the foot overbridge’s (FOB) construction in 1982. Civic officials have dug up documents dating back to this time – which include details of tenders given to contractors, engineers employed and follow-up work on the […]
Multiplicity of agencies behind Gurugram road rot
Around 4pm on Sunday, 24 hours after Darmender died after his car allegedly lost control after hitting a pothole on a road in Sector 58, vehicles shuddered as they passed over the same metre-long pothole — it was yet to be repaired. Many of the city’s roads are pothole-ridden and the multiplicity of agencies who […]
Seven key arterial Delhi roads to be redisgned
Seven roads in Delhi, infamous for traffic jams, will be decongested and would bear a new look by 2020. The redesigning will be done under the Public Works Department’s (PWD) ambitious project of ‘redesigning and beautification’ of roads. Last month, the Delhi government approved seven of the nine important road stretches where work will begin […]
Work on Dwarka Expressway halted again
For the third time in the past two months, the residents of Sai Kunj and New Palam Vihar stopped work on the NPR (Northern Peripheral Road, popularly known as the Dwarka Expressway) elevated road, being carried out by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Saturday, asking the workers of the NHAI-appointed contractor to […]