Category: Roads

President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Dr Akihiko Tanaka from Tokyo, on his first visit to India, on Tuesday, visited projects like Mumbai Trans Harbour Sealink (MTHL) which JICA has funded. Interestingly, during his courtesy visit, Tanaka also met Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at his office. During the meet, the CM solicited funds […]

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) may introduce a toll on the proposed elevated road along the Eastern Express Highway (EEH). In fact, it has sought toll collection rights at the city’s entry points, and the request has been approved in a recent Authority meeting led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief […]

Traffic congestion was reported on Delhi-Gurgaon expressway during peak office hours Tuesday as a stretch on National Highway-48 (Delhi-Jaipur highway) between Rangpuri and Rajokri was shut for vehicles by Delhi traffic police as part of a trial. Officials said both carriageways of NH-48, on the stretch between Rangpuri and Rajokri, will be closed for 90 […]

The Mysuru-Bengaluru expressway, which was inaugurated last week and where toll collection started on Tuesday, is in the eye of the storm after reports emerged of the “ “road being repaired”, even as officials and Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha denied any damage to the highway. Photos that surfaced online showed road work near the Bidadi […]

Starting from Delhi’s Rao Tula Ram Marg, the National Highway 48, originally meant to ease traffic for commuters travelling from the capital to Gurgaon and for intra-city movement, has plunged into chaos since the construction work commenced on the expressway. Commuters, especially office-goers travelling from South Delhi to Gurgaon, complained that they are facing the […]

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a compensation amount of Rs. 2 crore on the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for failing to comply with dust control measures and take up plantation while working on a stretch of the highway from Mukarba Chowk to the Singhu border. The applicant had said NHAI had […]

Months after the collapse of a suspension bridge killed 135 people in Morbi, the Gujarat government Thursday informed the High Court that it has formulated a uniform policy for bridges in the jurisdictions of municipal corporations and municipalities. The state, in an affidavit submitted before a division bench of Acting Chief Justice AJ Desai and […]

To keep a check on the quality of work, the BMC on Thursday announced stringent guidelines for its Rs 6,000-crore project to concretise 397 km of Mumbai roads. The BMC had issued a work order for the project in January to five contractors. In a circular (accessed by The Indian Express) issued on Thursday, the […]

In a push to the mega infrastructure projects in Pune, Maharashtra government on Thursday assured it will give priority to the proposed new international airport at Purandar and expedite the completion of Pune Ring Road. In the Budget tabled in the State Legislative Assembly, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the finance portfolio, […]

THE GHAGGAR bridge, connecting Trans-Ghaggar sectors from the side of Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector 3, is out of bounds for commuters till March 12 owing to repair works being carried out, effectively shifting all traffic load to a second Ghaggar bridge on Yamunanagar-Naraingarh National highway from the side of Old Panchkula Sector 1 near […]

Months after the collapse of a suspension bridge killed 135 people in Morbi, the Gujarat government Thursday informed the High Court that it has formulated a uniform policy for bridges in the jurisdictions of municipal corporations and municipalities. The state, in an affidavit submitted before a division bench of Acting Chief Justice AJ Desai and […]

The extended Ashram Flyover, which was inaugurated by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday, will be open only for light vehicles for now. Officials said heavy vehicles like buses and trucks will be allowed on the stretch after a month as the alignment of a high-tension overhead wire has to be shifted to ensure there […]