Category: Roads

BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Mansukh Lal Mandaviya on Wednesday criticised the State Government for the delay in land acquisition and grant of statutory clearances for infrastructure projects. Several National Highway (NH) projects in Odisha and West Bengal could not be implemented due to non-cooperation of respective state governments. […]

BHUBANESWAR: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday laid foundation stone for three road projects to be built by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) with an investment of `2,067.5 crore. The projects included six laning of 56.77 km Bhubaneswar-Tangi section of the NH-16 at an estimated cost of `806.11 crore, […]

NEW DELHI: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will provide a loan of USD 455 million to finance the Andhra Pradesh Rural Roads Project, which will connect about 3,300 habitations with a population of more than 250, and benefit around two million people. An agreement in this regard was signed between the AIIB and the […]

HYDERABAD: Come April 1, the toll collecting agency on the 158-km long Outer Ring Road (ORR) will have to simply clear all the vehicles without collecting user fee if any of the lanes at any of the toll plazas has a queue of over 20 vehicles. The Hyderabad Growth Corridor Limited (HGCL), a wing of […]

NEW DELHI: The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Tuesday permitted the debt-ridden IL&FS and its group firm IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company to extend a bank guarantee of Rs 60.29 crore issued to state-run National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). A two-member bench headed by Chairman Justice S J Mukhopadhaya said it was not […]

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Tuesday informed the High Court that steps were taken to double the present pre-set limit of 40 kmph on speed governors that will come with public transport vehicles having permits to ply in the National Capital Region (NCR). The speed limit for public transport vehicles is set at 40 […]

HYDERABAD: Fed up with regular traffic block at the Mindspace Rotary, to prevent which the government had built a flyover worth Rs 108 crore, a techie has now filed an RTI with the GHMC seeking details of the project. The rotary has been in the ire of controversy every since the flyover was inaugurated in […]

KOCHI: A former NHAI(National Highways Authority of India) project director was sentenced to three years’ simple imprisonment by the CBI Court for demanding and accepting a bribe for issuing a NOC to construct a hotel beside the NH in 2007. Bitla Venugopal, 52, of Chempukkavu, Thrissur was also slapped with a fine of Rs 2.5 […]

BENGALURU: After several years of pushing for road widening projects to lighten the burden on city roads, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), pushed by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s vision for a mobility plan, could change its stance in the future. Speaking to City Express, Manoj Kumar Meena, Special Commissioner (Projects), said that he personally […]

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday launched a slew of highway and port projects worth Rs 6,000 crore in the State and said another Rs 2.5 lakh crore would be pumped in to boost the infrastructure here but the State must cooperate by expediting land acquisition process.

BHUBANESWAR: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay foundation stone of a slew of projects during his one day visit to the State on Wednesday. Gadkari will perform the ground breaking ceremony of three national highway (NH) projects, estimated to cost Rs 2,345 crore, in Dhenkanal district.

KOCHI: Despite the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) witnessing stiff protest from the public over the collection of toll along the Container Road, the agency could generate a revenue receipt of around Rs 1.75 lakh within three days. As per the information sourced from the NHAI, the agency could collect nearly Rs 39,000 on […]