Residents of Maduravoyal have lodged a police complaint seeking action against authorities for delaying the repair work of the damaged stretch of the Chennai – Bengaluru Highway (NH 4) between Vanagaram and Poonamallee. The stretch has been in shambles for several months now. It may be recalled that residents of Maduravoyal and Thiruverkadu and members […]
Category: Roads
SC seeks replies from Centre, J&K on highway traffic ban
The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir on a plea seeking quashing of an order which restricts civilian traffic two days a week on the national highway (NH) stretch from Udhampur to Baramulla for movement of security forces. The State government issued an order on April 3 in […]
CBI arrests NHAI General Manager
Gali Sridhar, General Manager (Technical) of National Highways Authority of India Limited (NHAI), Madurai, was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch of Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday for demanding a bribe for official favours. The team also arrested Sudhakar Vaduppu and Pawan of NSS Infrastructure and his relative Sai Prasad. The accused officer demanded and […]
NH stretch through Dandeli not being widened: NHAI
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Friday told the Karnataka High Court that it is not widening the 13.32 km stretch of NH 4A passing through Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, while denying allegations that it violated the provisions of the Forests Conservation Act, 1980, and Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, in widening the remaining stretch […]
Administration yet to decide on NHAI’s plea for closing down Kulur bridge
National Highways Authority of India’s pleas to close down the dilapidated old arch bridge across the Phalguni on National Highway 66 at Kulur that takes traffic from Udupi-side towards Mangaluru for safety reasons are yet to be heeded by the Dakshina Kannada district administration. The arch bridge constructed in 1952 has outlived its existence, NHAI […]
Drive to clean up NH bypass
Taking forward its recent round of extensive clean-up campaigns, the city Corporation will organise a major drive along the National Highway bypass from Kazhakuttam to Vizhinjam on Tuesday. Unlike recent drives, this one will begin as early as 6 a.m. and will be wound up by 11 a.m., considering the recent occurrences of sunstroke and […]
HC notice to State on plea against ‘exorbitant’ toll on State Highway
The Karnataka High Court on Monday ordered issue of notice to the State government on a PIL petition which complained about the alleged exorbitant collection of toll on State Highway 82, connecting Hosakote to Chintamani. A Division Bench comprising acting Chief Justice L. Narayana Swamy and Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar passed the order on a […]
NHAI hopes to complete Pollachi Road widening in two months
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is hopeful of completing in a couple of months the acquisition of land for the Pollachi Road widening project. The work is getting delayed mainly because of land acquisition, an official said. The widening works were earlier expected to be completed by this month. The NHAI is widening […]
We will scrap Salem-Chennai expressway project if voted to power: Stalin
DMK president M. K. Stalin on Friday said if his party formed the government it would scrap the proposed Salem-Chennai eight-lane expressway project and would focus on expanding the existing highways. Canvassing for the DMK’s Salem Lok Sabha constituency candidate S. R. Parthiban, Mr. Stalin said his party would also develop the Salem airport to […]
Corporation loses its green for NHAI project
The felling of a large number of trees around Anna Maaligai, the seat of Madurai Corporation, has caused concern among residents. According to a senior official of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), trees had to be cut to facilitate construction of a 7.3-km-long elevated highway on New Natham Road. The elevated corridor will […]
Hebbal flyover to be linked with elevated corridor
The State government, which has called tenders for the 22.12 km North-South arm — from Baptist Hospital on Ballari Road to Silk Board junction — of the elevated corridor project, is still undecided on how to clear the traffic mess at Hebbal flyover. The government, in an order on implementing the elevated corridor project issued […]
Only 101 km of NH laid in 4 years
Only 101 km of the 28,532 km of National Highways newly laid in the country (NH) between April 2014 and March 2018 has been in the State. Of the 101 km, 29 km was constructed in 2014-15, 10 km in 2015-16, 45 km in 2016-17, and 17 km in 2017-18. Kerala is 27th among the […]