With the Greater Mohali Area Development (GMADA) starting development works at the Aerotropolis project, the development body hopes to launch the project soon. The road construction is expected to be completed within a time period of around 18 months. A GMADA officer told The Indian Express that tenders for the construction of roads in pockets […]
Category: Roads
Roads, bridges shut in Mumbai, work halted due to gravel shortage: Aaditya Thackeray
Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Tuesday alleged that most of the roads and bridges in Mumbai have been shut for more than two weeks due to shortage in supply of gravel for two weeks. “Crucial works such asDelisle Road Bridge and other road works taken up by the the BMC will not even […]
Most of road work in city completed: AMC to HC
After repeated observations on the sub-standard quality of roads by the Gujarat High Court since last year, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in an affidavit submitted that most of the road work was completed. The affidavit dated April 15 filed by deputy municipal commissioner of AMC engineering department submitted on behalf of the civic body […]
Pune Infra Watch: Outer Ring Road a step closer as Govt starts looking for contractors
Moving a step towards the implementation of the proposed 136.80 km long Outer Ring Road that would help in decongesting Pune roads by diverting vehicles passing across the city, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) Wednesday began looking for contractors for implementing the project. The proposed road is being constructed at an estimated cost […]
Suspension bridge collapse: 5 months after deaths of 135, Gujarat govt supersedes Morbi municipality
AROUND FIVE months after the Jhulto Pul suspension bridge in Morbi collapsed, killing135 people, the Gujarat government on Tuesday superseded the BJP-ruled Morbi Municipality. The action comes around three months after the government served a show-cause notice on the municipality on January 18, observing that its general board had “failed” to discharge its duties. “The […]
Only 55 ‘very poor’ or ‘poor’ roads require recarpeting, not all: Figures
As many as 55 roads in Chandigarh are either in a “very poor” condition or “poor” condition that require recarpeting. And all these were constructed in a five-year period, reveals data compiled by the engineering wing on orders of Mayor Anup Gupta. This data will be placed before the General House meeting of the Municipal […]
Gadkari inspects work on Zojila tunnel, to ease travel between J&K, Leh
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday inspected Zojila tunnel, which will establish all-weather connectivity between the Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. Gadkari visited the project site along with J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and members of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Road Transport and Highways. As of now, […]
Dahisar-Bhayander Link Road: Tender deadline extended for second time
For the second time, the BMC has extended the deadline to submit bids for its tender for constructing an elevated corridor that would connect Dahisar in the western suburbs with Bhayander in the north. The Dahisar-Bhayander Link Road (DBLR) is an ambitious project of the BMC, which is expected to be the northernmost extension of […]
Wider footpaths, roads designed for elderly: Walkability plan in the works for Mathura Road
Wider footpaths, refuge space and roads designed for universal access to aid the differently abled and elderly — these are some of the features that the renovated Bhairon Marg-Mathura Road stretch is soon expected to have as part of a walkability plan. Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena last month reviewed the plan for the larger […]
Bengaluru protesters booked for holding silent marches against Sankey flyover plan
Even as Bengaluru residents welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to drop the plan to build a flyover on Sankey Road following widespread opposition, some of them learnt that they were booked for having protested against the plan in February. Only when they started getting notices from the Sadashivanagar police did the protesters come to know […]
Bridge collapse: Morbi court rejects Oreva MD’s bail plea
A Morbi sessions court on Saturday rejected the regular bail plea of Oreva Group MD Jaysukh Patel who is facing charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, among other charges, in connection with the Morbi suspension bridge collapse that killed 135 people. Meanwhile, on Satuday, Patel was taken to General Hospital in Morbi after […]
Toll fee hike on Mysuru-Bengaluru expressway rolled back; no change in revised rates in other stretches
Following public outrage, the massive 22 per cent toll fee hike on the newly inaugurated Mysuru-Bengaluru expressway in the poll-bound Karnataka was rolled back Saturday. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) project director B T Sridhar confirmed to The Indian Express about the reversal in toll tariff. As part of annual revision of toll prices […]