Category: Roads

HYDERABAD: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is all set to take up the construction of a greenfield highway between Mancherial and Warangal at an estimated cost of Rs 2,500 crore. The NHAI has decided to invite tenders for the selection of a private contractor to execute the road project.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A feasibility study for widening the 240.5 km MC Road from Kesavadasapuram in Thiruvananthapuram to Angamaly in Ernakulam has been started by Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB). Though administrative sanction for the project as well as widening the Kollam-Shenkottai Highway – a greenfield highway which will run parallel to the MC Road – […]

THOOTHUKUDI: The East Coast Road (ECR) between Nagapattinam to Thoothukudi stretching 332 km is all set to be converted into four lanes at an estimated cost of Rs 7000 crore, said the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Project Director YA Raut.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The commissioning of the much-awaited elevated highway at Kazhakoottam is likely to get delayed as the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is yet to respond to the National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) request to open the 2.72-kilometre four-lane road on December 2.

CHENNNAI: A part of the Perambur Barracks road near Astabujam road junction caved in on Saturday night due to the breakage of an underground metro water pipeline. Traffic has been affected in the busy stretch since the cave-in.

HYDERABAD: The four-lane bidirectional flyover from Shilpa Layout to ORR near Gachibowli junction and another six-lane bidirectional flyover from Kondapur towards ORR at second level crossing Gachibowli junction will be opened to traffic by Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao on Friday.

TIRUCHY: The risks posed by the poorly-maintained roads of Pachamalai hills in Thuraiyur taluk compel its residents – mostly tribals – to think twice before hopping on to their two-wheelers: commuting through the village-roads to the nearby towns is not just a bumpy drive but a threat to life too.

SHILLONG: The Meghalaya High Court has directed the state government to hold contractors liable to carry out the repair works of roads if a road is damaged or gives way within a specified time after completion of construction.

DINDIGUL: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to convert the two lane at Oddanchatram-Palani NH 209 into a four lane, with facilities such as footpath for pedestrians, toilets and water dispensers. The NH-209, popularly known as the Dindigul – Palani – Coimbatore road, starts from Dindigul and passes through Oddanchatram, Palani, Pollachi […]

BHUBANESWAR: The Left Parallel Road project of the state government hit a roadblock on Friday as hundreds of residents of Salia Sahi, the city’s largest slum, strongly opposed the move.Sources said an enforcement squad of the government accompanied by police personnel had gone to the area for site inspection and eviction. The slum dwellers, however, […]

PERAMBALUR: The highways department, in recent times, drew both praise and flak from the residents of Perambalur: though the recent construction of a high-level bridge over the Chitraru river near Elumur-Murukkangudi road in Veppur – at a cost of Rs 1.10 crore – garnered appreciation, residents here blame the department for dumping soil excavated for […]

BENGALURU: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) expects to complete an alternative route to connect the Kempegowda International Airport in Devanahalli with the Mahadevapura Zone soon. Speaking to TNIE, Jayashankar Reddy, Executive Engineer, Road Infrastructure BBMP said, “The new road project under the Comprehensive Development Project Scheme commenced in 2018, but faced several hurdles with […]