The Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP) is set to become partially operational by November 2023, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials said on Friday. Civic officials also maintained that the entire high-speed corridor will become operational for vehicular movement by May 2024. At present, civic officials are exploring two options for opening this bridge partially. […]
Category: Roads
To decongest Shivaji Marg, PWD plans elevated corridor
To address the traffic congestion caused due to parking on roads and encroachment, and to provide seamless connectivity between West, Central and New Delhi, the Public Works Department (PWD) is planning an elevated corridor on the 2.2-km-long Shivaji Marg. According to senior PWD officials, the department has decided to conduct a feasibility study to construct […]
Ahmedabad saw 36 road cave-ins during pre-monsoon
Ahmedabad saw nearly 36 instances of road cave-ins during pre-monsoon this year as against one in the same period last year, data from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) shows. Last year, the city witnessed 98 cave-in incidents in the entire monsoon. According to sources in the drainage department, between May 1 and June 14, the […]
Penalty of Rs 65 lakh imposed on 10 firms in Greater Noida for negligence, incomplete work
Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari on Saturday imposed a total penalty of Rs 45 lakh on nine firms for negligence in civil and horticultural works. In addition, a penalty of Rs 20 lakh was also imposed on Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) for not completing work on a 130-metre stretch […]
NCRTC explores non-fare revenue options for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is exploring options to raise non-fare revenue with branding and advertising in the upcoming Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS). It recently held an interaction with representatives of various industries. The NCRTC will soon commission the 17-km priority section of India’s first RRTS, RAPIDX. It includes five stations […]
IL&FS money laundering case: ED issues fresh summons to NCP MLA Jayant Patil
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued fresh summons to Maharashtra NCP president and MLA Jayant Patil for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the now bankrupt financial services firm IL&FS, official sources said Monday The 61-year-old MLA from Islampur seat of Maharashtra was issued the first summons for appearance […]
BMC to highlight coastal road project’s disaster resilience capacity in G-20 meet
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will highlight the disaster resilience capacity of the Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP) in the upcoming G20 second Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRRWG) meeting to be held in Mumbai between May 23 – 25. Stretched along the western coastal stretch of Mumbai, the 10.58km long road is going to […]
To tackle monsoon troubles: BMC allots Rs 84 crore to repair roads before rain
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has earmarked Rs 84 crore that will be utilised by 24 civic ward offices to repair potholes and patches on the roads in Mumbai ahead of monsoon. The fund is being distributed to each and every civic ward based on the area of square meter of the total stretch of […]
CAG conducts AI-based audit, finds five ‘perfectly good’ roads recarpeted
In a first-of-its-kind move, a team from the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India used artificial intelligence to find out whether the roads recarpeted by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation actually required it. According to details, of the eight stretches that the civic body had recarpeted at the cost of crores, the […]
Haryana officials discuss 3 additional road connections between Gurugram and Delhi
Top Haryana government officials Friday discussed the construction of three additional road connections between Gurugram and Delhi as the state looks to improve connectivity with the National Capital to reduce travel time for commuters. Chairing a meeting, Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal directed officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) to take up the matter […]
Cracks on Hatkeshwar bridge: Gujarat HC rejects pre-arrest bail of firm directors; says possibility of collusion with AMC cannot be denied
While rejecting the anticipatory bail pleas of four directors of Ajay Engi-Infrastructure Private Limited (AEIPL), the Gujarat High Court has observed in its order the possibility of the firm colluding with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) “can’t be denied at this stage” and that its hopes that the investigating agency will take this aspect into consideration. […]
Bow String bridge to connect coastal road with Worli sea link
The fag end of Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP) towards the northern side is set to have a “Bow String” bridge that will connect the high-speed corridor with the Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL). To ease vehicular movement and improve north-south connectivity, the BMC is constructing a 10.58-kilometre MCRP, which will originate near Princess Street flyover […]