Category: Roads

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Despite the state government’s promise to repair the Kallattumukku-Kamaleswaram road of the Attakulangara- Thiruvallam stretch before March 31, work here has reached nowhere. The road has been in a dilapidated state for the past several months.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even though the weather is favourable for road construction work, the refurbishment of Manaveeyam Road and Kalabhavan Mani Road under the Smart City Mission project has not started yet. These roads have been in a pathetic condition for the past several months, and the motorists have been bearing the brunt for a long time. […]

DEHRADUN: The Delhi-Dehradun Economic Expressway, Asia’s longest wildlife corridor, is likely to be ready by October this year, according to officials. The highway once ready will reduce the travel time between Delhi and Dehradun to just two-and-a-half hours from the present six hours.

HYDERABAD: In a major push for road infrastructure in the State, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has allotted over Rs 2,200 crore for constructing a new greenfield highway between Warangal and Khammam. On Friday, the Centre approved the four-lane access-controlled greenfield highway on NH-163G for a length of 70 km from Venkatapur village […]

CHENNAI: At a time when prices of essential goods are witnessing a record jump due to soaring fuel prices and other factors, consumers will now have to shell out more as user fee has been hiked by 10 to 15 % at 29 toll plazas on national highways and four on Chennai Outer Ring Road.

BENGALURU: Motorists using the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway will have to pay Rs 30 more for a single journey from April 1. On the directions of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has revised the toll rates. NHAI officials say this is part of the annual revision done across […]

BENGALURU: The controversial Sankey Road project issue refuses to die down even after the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) said it will first consult the Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority. Activists from Jhatkaa.org, the organisation that supported the cause and took part in the campaign against the controversial project, have been booked by police under […]

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP state president K Surendran is sabotaging the development works in Kerala, Public Works Minister P A Mohamed Riyas told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.

COIMBATORE: As part of installing a Thiruvalluvar statue in the middle of Kurichi lake, the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) has constructed a temporary mud road inside the water body. Social activists and environmentalists expressed fear that the pathway will affect the water storage area.

BENGALURU: The video of a cyclist and a bus driver embroiled in a spat in the city has reignited the debate on the safety of pedestrians and cyclists and the need for improving mobility and road infrastructure.

BENGALURU: A week after Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) withdrew its controversial Hosakerehalli Lake road project, a group of residents and activists reached out to MP DK Suresh, seeking his intervention.

RANCHI: India’s highways infrastructure will match that of the US by 2024 for which work in time bound ‘mission mode’ is on including construction of green expressways and rail over bridges, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said.