Category: Roads

CHENNAI: Work on the long-pending Kolathur-Villivakkam road overbridge (ROB) is complete and it will be thrown open to traffic by Chief Minister MK Stalin on May 13. The overbridge is expected to decongest the level crossing LC1 and make the commute easier for vehicles from and to Anna Nagar, Kolathur, Korattur, Villivakkam and Perambur. The […]

KOCHI: The Kochi-Munnar-Theni Highway widening project has received a boost as the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a notification to acquire 7.5 acres of land in Neriyamanagam and Kuttamanagalam. The 151 km stretch has been awaiting widening for over a decade and the move will help decongest the 121 km Kochi-Munnar NH […]

CHENNAI: City traffic police closed the General Patters Road off Anna Salai for vehicular traffic on Tuesday morning due to water stagnation after the downpour on Monday night. Due to the inconvenience caused to the general public, Ward 63 Siva Raajashekaran has written to the highways department seeking action against the contractor who was engaged […]

NEW DELHI: The daily toll collection through FASTag system achieved a historic milestone on April 29 by reaching an all-time high of Rs 193.15 crore, with 1.16 crore transactions, in a single day.

RAMANAGARA: The 63-year-old Lakshmamma from Abbanakuppe village in Ramanagara stays just 7 km away from the much-hyped Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, but she has never seen it so far. She rolls fabric tapes for a nearby factory in Bidadi and earns a meagre Rs 100 a day. “All I wanted was drinking water which our MLA provided […]

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Putting an end to uncertainties, the renovation of Manaveeyam and Kalabhavan Mani roads under the Smart City Mission project will likely begin next week. The roads have been in a pathetic condition for the past several months and motorists have been bearing the brunt. People from the cultural spectrum of the city are also […]

NEW DELHI: Four flyovers being built by the Delhi government will be ready by the year-end, PWD Minister Atishi said on Friday. She reviewed the progress of various flyover projects currently underway in Delhi with senior officials of the public works department.

BHUBANESWAR: The Centre has sanctioned road projects worth around Rs 6,000 crore for Bhubaneswar constituency, said city MP and BJP leader Aparajita Sarangi on Thursday. Sarangi said the projects include a ring road, 29 vehicle underpasses, nine flyovers and three-foot over bridges.

RAIPUR: The Bangalore First Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has pulled up the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and JAS Toll Road Company Limited for collecting Rs 5 more than the fee fixed for the journey on a stretch of National Highway 4, between Bengaluru and Tumakuru.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government has given an ultimatum to the Smart City Thiruvananthapuram Limited (SCTL), the implementing agency of the smart road project, that all the works in connection with the plan should be completed before May 31.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The proposed flyover to decongest the busy Enchakkal Junction along NH-66 has inched a step closer to reality, with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) deciding to start the construction work within two months. The tender for the same will be called next month.

BENGALURU: Bengaluru Metro’s Challaghatta station on the Purple Line beyond Kengeri, which has been delayed considerably, has now encountered a new problem due to the recently inaugurated Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway. The ramp of this construction by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) lands very close to the Metro station, posing an enormous risk to pedestrians, […]