Category: Roads

MANGALURU: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday told the Lok Sabha that the proposed green tunnel bypass through Shiradi Ghat on Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway 75 is not viable, and instead, he has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for a four-lane […]

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), revenue department, and Bhopal-based ‘Highway Engineering Consultant’ has started laying the boundary stones as part of the land acquisition procedures for the construction of the proposed Outer Ring Road (ORR) in the state capital. The proposed 77-kilometre road will start from Vizhinjam and end at Navaikulam near […]

COIMBATORE: Several residents, including the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation’s (CCMC) East Zone Chairperson Lakshmi Ellanselvi Karthick have voiced concerns over the new asphalt road which will be laid between the Thanneerpandal – Vilankurichi Road and suspect the civic body is paving a fragile road on a path that is used extensively by heavy vehicles.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The work on the 16.3-km Mukkola-Karode NH66 bypass has again hit a roadblock, further delaying its commissioning. The Geology Department issued a stop memo against the remaining work at Thangavila, alleging that the contractor L&T Constructions had excavated soil from a buffer zone adjacent to the allotted land for soil excavation in Perumkadavila panchayat […]

CHENNAI: Justice M Dhandapani on Friday directed the state government to ascertain the land owners to whom the compensation was paid in the Chennai-Bengaluru national highway project. The judge ordered the DRO to conduct a check on the beneficiaries, and submit a report by December 16. The case was posted for further hearing on the […]

IDUKKI: The development of the proposed 125-km two-lane Kochi-Dhanushkodi NH 85 stretch from Kochi to Munnar has gained momentum with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) finalising the contract of `910 crore for the ambitious project.

KOCHI: The railway overbridge (RoB) between Mulanthuruthy and Tripunithura railway stations which has been lying abandoned for the past eight years after the government failed to acquire land for the approach road, seems to be finally getting back to life, at least on paper.On Friday, the state cabinet approved Rs 20.59 crore for constructing the […]

BENGALURU: While the dust is yet to settle on the shoddy road work done during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s June visit to Bengaluru, the contractor in question, Ramesh S, has been given a plum contract worth several crores of rupees. It may be recalled that the peeling road tar had left BBMP red-faced. Ramesh, who […]

BENGALURU: An RTI activist, who had filed an application seeking information on works related to Kommaghatta in Kengeri ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bengaluru, was allegedly denied feedback, and he raised objections to the files related to the bills for the work.

MADIKERI: The National Highway 275 from Madikeri to Sampaje is waiting for permanent relief work since the natural disaster in Kodagu in 2018. While several proposals to strengthen the road and enable scientific management have been forwarded by the Madikeri division National Highway Authority, the same has not received approval due to lack of grants.

BENGALURU: Come January 2023, most of the carriageway on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Express Corridor will be opened. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate it in the first week of March next year.

VIJAYAWADA: Roads and Buildings Minister Dadisetti Raja said 8,000 km of roads in the State were developed at a cost of Rs 2,000 crore. Participating in the swearing-in ceremony of Andhra Pradesh Road Development Corporation members in Vijayawada on Tuesday, he said the previous government had taken Rs 3,000 crore for the development of R&B […]