Category: Roads

BENGALURU: Bengaluru’s tree lovers have come together for a green cause yet again. Angry over the lack of transparency while cutting trees for infrastructure projects, the green brigade has called for making public consultations mandatory before clearing the green cover for any development project. Citizens from various parts of the city recently met the Deputy […]

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government on Monday approved a proposal to establish a corridor that will allow Hindu pilgrims from India to visit Sharda Peeth, an ancient Hindu temple and cultural site in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, according to a media report. The Sharda Peeth corridor, when opened, will be the second religious tract after Kartarpur corridor in […]

CHENNAI: The construction of bunds along the Cooum in the seven-kilometre stretch from the Napier bridge to the Chetpet railway bridge, is scheduled for completion in December this year, according to PWD officials. The construction of bunds, along with desilting, demarcating the boundary and fixing boundary stones, has been taken up by the PWD, as […]

BENGALURU: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday held discussions with citizen groups that had last week staged protests against the government over calling tenders for the North-South portion of the elevated corridor. Kumaraswamy heard the appeals on the implication of the project’s implementation from the citizens’ perspective. According to representatives at the meeting, the […]

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The civil work of the second phase of the Kerala State Transport Project’s (KSTP) – Safe Corridor Project is expected to be completed as per the deadline. Even though the eviction of the 45 encroachers identified by the authorities in the 60 cents porampoku land in one of the busiest junction of Venjaramoodu is […]

CHENNAI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is proposing to upgrade the Thirumangalam-Rajapalayam section of the NH-744 to four lane for which 233.12-hectare land in the protected area falling within the 10-km eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of the Srivilliputtur Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary is likely to come under the hammer. The project alignment is part […]

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday welcomed the Home Ministry’s decision to fast track the development of the Kartarpur Corridor, but reiterated his demand that pilgrims be allowed to visit the historic gurdwara without having to carry a passport and a visa. In a tweet on Saturday, he extended support for the project. […]

BHUBANESWAR: Even as Odisha’s achievement under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) till end of January has not been satisfactory, the State has been given the highest target to construct roads in rural areas by the Union Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). The Ministry has fixed a target to construct 8,715 km of road during […]

BELAGAVI: The Public Works Department (PWD) has put the residents of Kadoli village in Belagavi taluk in a fix by asking them to vacate their houses just a day after serving the notice to widen a road. Thus, over 50 property holders whose houses are situated on the road are in shock. In the notice, […]

NEW DELHI: IL&FS has extended loans without ensuring required asset cover at the time of sanctioning, resulting in the asset-liability mismatch that caused liquidity crisis in the infrastructure and leasing firm, a report has found. A Grant Thorton interim report has brought to light several instances where loans of up to Rs 2,000 crore were […]

NEW DELHI: With fresh revelations of fraud, the government-appointed Board of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS) has approached the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) to initiate criminal proceedings against 14 former directors of IL&FS Financial Services Ltd (IFIN). The action comes almost a week after the forensic audit report […]

NEW DELHI: Tasked with cleaning up of mammoth financial mess at embattled IL&FS, its government-appointed board has charged 14 former directors of group firm IL&FS Financial Services Ltd (IFIN) of facilitating money laundering, sanctioning loans in violation of rules and causing “huge financial stress and losses” to the company. In show-cause notices issued to the […]