Category: Roads

HYDERABAD: The LB Nagar X Roads will be named after martyr Srikantha Chary who immolated himself during the Telangana movement, announced IT, MAUD and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao while inaugurating the right side (RHS) flyover at LB Nagar on Saturday.

COIMBATORE: TN Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise V Senthil Balaji inaugurated several projects completed by Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) worth Rs 4.75 crore in Coimbatore on Saturday. The minister also laid the foundation stone for new projects worth Rs 28.03 crore, which include paving of new roads. He inaugurated the new bus shelter […]

BHUBANESWAR: Concerned over the inordinate delay in the completion of the Cuttack-Angul-Sambalpur section of NH 55, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sought the intervention of Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari for early completion of the important highway project.

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has debarred Bhopal-based Infrastructure Development Consultants (IDC) from carrying out an impact assessment of periodical maintenance of rural roads in the state.

ANGUL: Even after 75 years of Independence, two tribal villages in the district, Kandhakoili and Citikoili, are out of road connectivity purview. For most outsiders, these villages, only 40 km from the district headquarters, exist only in name and for the village residents, there is no way to reach even the panchayat office.

CHENNAI: Chennai corporation Mayor R Priya presented her second corporation budget on Monday, with roads, stormwater drains and education taking centre stage.

DHARMAPURI: Union minister Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari on Thursday announced that the Salem – Tirupathur – Vaniyambadi road (NH 179 A) which covers a total length of 18 km will be constructed at the cost of Rs 170 crore. MP DNV S Senthilkumar said roads between A Pallipatti and Manajvadi will […]

COIMBATORE: The snail’s pace of underground drainage (UGD) works, carried out by Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC), on Mettupalayam Road near the Vadakovai junction triggers traffic congestion frequently on the National Highway.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government has decided to appoint a special inspection team to ensure the efficient functioning of Public Works Department offices in the state, PWD Minister P A Mohamed Riyas said on Friday. The minister also said that the overall functioning of the offices will be improved with the establishment of the new inspection […]

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The proposed Outer Ring Road (ORR) project in the capital received environmental clearance from the state government based on the study conducted by the State level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA). With this, the lone hurdle for developing this region into an urban corridor has been cleared.

BENGALURU: An increase in concrete structures and infrastructure works has drastically reduced tree cover in Bengaluru city. There is little or no space left to set up a park or lung space in Bengaluru any more. This is not all: the tree numbers tell their own story. In 2017-18, there was one tree for 7-8 […]

ROURKELA: The delay in land acquisition and removal of encroachments has stalled the much-awaited road over bridge (ROB) project at Rajgangpur level-crossing in Sundargarh district. Jointly taken up by the Odisha government and the South Eastern Railway (SER), the under-construction project is running at least 26 months behind schedule. While the Works department is yet […]