JEYPORE: The progress of the Bariniput-Umuri NH-26 bypass road construction, initiated a year ago to alleviate traffic congestion and ensure smoother flow on the National Highway, has been hindered by a land compensation dispute. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had proposed the construction of a 4.91-kilometre stretch from Bariniput to Umuri village, with […]
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Mega Master Plan to be prepared for entire state soon: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced that a “Mega Master Plan-2050” would be prepared shortly for the entire state. Stating that the master plan was limited to Hyderabad only till now, he pointed out that more than 40% of the people live in urban areas and the entire Telangana has now become like a […]
Karnataka govt mulls flyovers beside Metro lines
BENGALURU : Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday said the government is considering building flyovers along certain stretches of Metro lines to decongest traffic in the city. He also said a feasibility report for tunnel roads near Yeshwanthpur and surrounding areas is being prepared. Speaking at the ‘Government at your Doorstep’ programme held […]
8-lane signal-free corridor at Okalipuram Junction all set to open
BENGALURU : The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has completed the Rs 102-crore eight-lane signal-free corridor at Okalipuram Junction. Work on the the project started in 2015 and is expected to be inaugurated in a few days. The civic body paid Rs 156 crore to the Railway Department for land acquisition and has completed the installation […]
House panel asks govt to conduct survey to check fake toll collection
NEW DELHI : Besides a slew of measures aimed at streamlining toll collection and doing way with congestion or long-waiting period at fee gates on the national highways, a parliamentary panel has directed the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) to conduct a pan-India survey to check fake toll collection points and initiate punitive […]
Connecting dots: Seamless traffic from south Delhi to Mumbai Express likely by December
NEW DELHI: Two significant road links — DND flyways-Sohna highway and Delhi-Dehradun Express 1 are being readied for December opening to ease traffic jams in south, southeast and northeast Delhi. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the three packages of 60-km-long highway connecting Noida-Delhi-Faridabad and Delhi Mumbai Express would be fully […]
Road Min plans to double defect liability period under EPC contracts to 10 yrs
NEW DELHI: The road ministry is planning to double the defect liability period under engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) contracts to 10 years to improve the quality of construction, a senior government official said. Under the EPC model, the responsibility for maintenance of national highways lies with the government after the defect liability period (5 years) is over, […]
NGT slaps Rs 45 Cr fine on NHAI over environmental violations in Delhi-Mumbai Expressway construction
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to pay a fine of Rs 45 Crore over a complaint that a section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NH-148NA) was constructed partly on a village pond in Nuh and by felling hundreds of trees in Gurugram in violation of […]
Peripheral Ring Road will be turned into economic corridor: DyCM DK Shivakumar
BENGALURU: Deputy CM DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said that the State Government will develop the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) as an economic corridor. Responding to a call-attention notice by MLA Shailendra Beldale in the Assembly, Shivakumar, who holds the Bengaluru Development portfolio, said, “It’s been 15 years since the PRR was proposed for Bengaluru. Previously, […]
NGT slaps Rs 45 crore penalty on NHAI for violating rules
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to pay a fine of Rs 45 crore for violating the environmental laws by constructing a section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NH-148NA) partly on a village pond in Nuh and cutting hundreds of trees in Gurugram. “Execution of the […]
Vazhayila-Nedumangad road work: Land acquisition nearing completion
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The land acquisition proceedings for the first reach of the proposed four-lane widening of Vazhayila near Peroorkada in the capital to Nedumangad have reached the final stage. Of the 305 landowners in the first reach – from Vazhayila to Keltron Junction at Karakulam– the district Collectorate has passed the compensation disbursal for 109 landowners. […]
Toll Plazas: Where FASTags have fallen short and why India’s new dream might prove harder to realise
There was once a toll to driving through toll roads on highways. To help ease it came the pan-India rollout of a FASTag based system in December 2019. More than four years later, we are now talking of a next-gen Global Navigation Satellite System based toll plazas. But how much of a difference have we […]