VISAKHAPATNAM: Nestled amidst serene landscapes in the remote hills of Alluri Sitarama Raju district lies a community grappling with the absence of a basic necessity: a safe pathway connecting them to the world below. For the residents of Jajulabanda and Kumburla hilltop villages, even the simple act of casting their votes demands a perilous journey […]
Category: Roads
70 per cent of Avinashi Road flyover project work over, to be ready by November
COIMBATORE: The highways department has completed about 70% of the Avinashi Road Elevated Expressway project works in Coimbatore. Officials are set to carry out a dynamic pile load test on the railway overbridge near the Hope college junction next week. Touted as the longest flyover in Tamil Nadu, the Avinashi Road Elevated Expressway project was […]
Pragati tunnel once again ‘fit for use’, says PWD
NEW DELHI: The Public Works Department (PWD) has completed repairs in the Pragati Maidan tunnel within a month, following the discovery of cracks on its surface, officials have said. Initiated on March 20, the repairs addressed critical issues such as filling cracks and rectifying slope gradients in drains. Routine upkeep, including drain-cleaning is currently underway, […]
Broken Budhabalanga bridge in Odisha poses threat to commuters
BARIPADA: The alleged lackadaisical attitude of the Public Works Department (PWD) of Baripada circle in Mayurbhanj district has raised concerns about the safety of the old bridge over the Budhabalanga river, whose protection walls have collapsed. While last August, one barricade collapsed, the other one caved in two days ago, causing concern among commuters. The […]
Chennai: Illegal dairy unit eats into highway service lane; oxytocin use alleged
CHENNAI: An illegal dairy unit with around 200 cattle has encroached upon the busy service lane of Chennai-Bengaluru highway in Nazarathpet posing a serious threat to motorists. Activists also allege that the staff have been injecting oxytocin, a banned drug, into the livestock to increase milk production, violating several sections of the Prevention of Cruelty […]
Bridge collapses in Karnataka, years of demand washed out
KUMTA(UTTARA KANNADA): A bridge under construction at Tharibagilu in Kumta taluk of Uttara Kannada district across river Aghanashini caved in, enraging the public. After years of demand by the people of Hegde, Tharibagilu and other places, the work on the bridge connecting Hegde and Tharibagilu began a year ago. But the bridge caved in on […]
NHAI halts annual toll fee hike at 34 plazas in Tamil Nadu ahead of polls
CHENNAI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has instructed toll operators to halt the annual increase of vehicle user fees at 34 toll plazas on national highways in Tamil Nadu starting April 1st. The fee revision, originally set to be enforced from midnight on April 1, was suspended at the last minute following a […]
443 infra projects hit by cost overrun of Rs 4.92 lakh crore in Feb 2024
NEW DELHI: As many as 443 infrastructure projects, each entailing an investment of Rs 150 crore or above, were hit by a cost overrun of more than Rs 4.92 lakh crore in February 2024, an official report stated. According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), which monitors infrastructure projects worth Rs 150 […]
Construction firm behind Silkyara tunnel donated Rs 55 crore in electoral bonds to BJP
NEW DELHI: Hyderabad-based Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd (NEC), which is constructing the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand, a portion of which collapsed last year, purchased Rs 55 crore worth of electoral bonds and donated the entire amount to the BJP, as per data released by the Election Commission. A total of 41 workers were trapped after […]
1 killed, several feared trapped as under-construction bridge collapses in Bihar’s Supaul
SUPAUL: One person was killed and several others were feared trapped as a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed in Bihar’s Supaul district in the early hours of Friday, officials said. Police said that the mishap took place near Maricha between Bheja-Bakaur when a slab of an under-construction bridge being built over the Kosi river […]
Tunnel corridors: Aarvee responds to EoI to conduct feasibility study
HYDERABAD: Aarvee Associates Architects Engineers and Consultants Private Limited has responded to the expression of interest (EoI) to take up the feasibility study and prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for the development of road tunnels with Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) in five corridors in different parts of the city. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation […]
NHAI deploys marshals at Dwarka Express for safety of commuters
NEW DELHI: To help the commuters on the newly opened Dwarka Expressway, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has deployed marshals to guide and provide directions of major junctions and entry or exit points. The authority said that additional road signages have also been put up for the commuters. It also urged commuters to […]