Shobha Karandlaje, MP, on Friday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to ask Navayuga Company to complete the pending widening work of National Highway 66 from Hejmady to Kundapur in Udupi district. Chairing the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee meeting here, Ms. Karandlaje said the construction of a flyover in Kundapur, a […]
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HC Bench seeks report from NHAI
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to file a report to ascertain whether the lack of foot overbridges for pedestrians was leading to an increase in the number pedestrian deaths. A Division Bench of Justices N. Kirubakaran and S. S. Sundar sought data […]
Work on four-laning NH yet to pick up pace despite Minister’s word
Notwithstanding Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari’s promise that four-laning of National Highway 75 between Addahole and BC Road (65 km) in Dakshina Kannada would be hastened, work has not picked up pace even a month after the assurance. Residents of adjoining areas are more concerned about the incomplete work with debris of […]
Highway patrol forces in State get special powers
The highway patrol forces will now get special powers to take preventive and punitive action against motorists found violating traffic rules on the State and national highways in Maharashtra. The Home Department will soon make changes in existing regulations to empower 209 officers working under the Additional Director General (Traffic) for enforcing laws. The special […]
Facelift for 63 km of NH across State
Over 60 km of National Highway (NH) corridors under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in the State is to be subjected to periodic renewal, improvements, strengthening, and geometrical corrections to ensure a cosy ride for motorists. While 10 km of the corridors on National Highway (NH) 66 is to be subjected to […]
NHAI to build seven minor bridges
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is all set to build seven minor bridges on the service lanes along Tiruchi-Chennai Bypass Road meeting the need of residents ever since the highway was made four-lane nearly a decade back. Absence of service lanes across canals and drains had left service lanes disjointed at many places. […]
Highway stretch records maximum number of accidents
Visakhapatnam district witnessed a gruesome road accident in the recent times, when three teenagers on a bike were hit by a lorry and were dragged on NH-16 for about three km at S Rayavaram area, on February 12. The accident has once again brought to light about the dangerous dark spots on NH-16 between Anakapalle […]
RuB on NH 75 at Padil yet to be commissioned
The superstructure of the railway underbridge (RuB) on the carriageway towards Mangaluru on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru NH 75 at Padil is almost ready but its commissioning is being delayed, irking road users. Work on the RuB commenced in December 2017 after closing the old RuB on the NH. This came after the National Highways Authority of […]
Widening of highway to begin by March-end
Work on widening of the 134-km-long Tiruchi-Chidambaram National Highway will begin by the end of March. Sources in National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the executing agency, say site clearing works on Tiruchi-Kallagam section of the highway is underway now. The project is being executed in three packages: Tiruchi-Kallagam, Kallagam-Meensuritti and Meensurritti-Chidambaram sections. It is […]
High mast lights sought at junctions on NH
Absence of high mast lights at the junction on Nasiyanur Bypass Road on the Salem – Cochin National Highway 544 is posing threat to road users during night hours. Many spots on the road from Vijayamangalam toll plaza to Lakshmi Nagar in Bhavani have been identified as accident prone as over 50% of the accidents […]
Govt., Opposition to join hands for NH widening
The government and the Opposition resolved in the Assembly on Thursday to mount pressure on the Centre to expedite the widening of National Highway 66, between Kasaragod and Kaliyikkavila, and collectively brave attempts by vested interests to thwart land acquisition.
Gadkari launches three highway projects in Odisha
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday launched a slew of highway and port projects worth Rs. 6,000 crore in Odisha and said another Rs. 2.5 lakh crore would be pumped in to boost the infrastructure here but the State must cooperate by expediting land acquisition process.