The narrow Palampur- Hamirpur state highway, one of the busiest roads that links Palampur with Shimla, Chandigarh, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Shimla and Una, is crying for the attention of authorities. During last year’s monsoon, the road was badly damaged by the landslides. The debris and muck which had come down on the highway during the rainy […]
Category: Roads
NHAI to undertake safety audits of all under-construction tunnels across India
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will undertake a safety audit of all 29 under-construction tunnels across the country to ensure safety and adherence to highest quality standards, an official statement said on Wednesday. The statement by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) comes in the backdrop of collapse of under-construction Silkyara […]
Nitin Gadkari urges auto industry, stakeholders to promote vehicle scrapping policy
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday urged all stakeholders to support the vehicle scrapping policy. Addressing a stakeholder consultation here, Gadkari said it is a win-win situation for all. The policy aims at phasing out vehicles that are more than 15-20 years old and encouraging the purchase of new ones.
India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor to help Adani, but poser on Green Hydrogen exports remains
One of the significant agreements on the sidelines of the G-20 summit is the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, which is seen as a rival to China’s Belt and Road initiative and is expected to provide an alternative route for shipments to Europe. The plan will benefit the Adani group, which has already paid $1.2 billion […]
Protest against neglect of NHAI and Indian Railways to repair damaged stretch of NH12
Irate residents of Govindapur in Nadia’s Santipur blocked a part of NH12 near a railway crossing on Saturday to protest the alleged neglect of the National Highways Authority of India and Indian Railways to repair a damaged stretch of the road. They alleged that a 200-metre stretch of NH12 adjacent to the Santipur railway crossing […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates 118-km Bangalore-Mysore Expressway
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the 118 Km long Bangalore-Mysore Expressway project here. It will reduce the travel time between the two cities from around three hours to about 75 minutes, according to officials. The Rs 8,480 crore project involved six-laning of the Bengaluru-Nidaghatta-Mysuru section of NH-275 and will act as a catalyst […]
Ahead of Char Dham yatra, fresh cracks appear on road between Joshimath and Badrinath
As preparations begin for the upcoming Char Dham yatra, fresh fissures have appeared on the road connecting Narasingh temple in subsidence-hit Joshimath and Badrinath, according to local activists. The road, which is a bypass of the Badrinath highway leading to the Himalayan temple, is used for taking pilgrims from Joshimath to Badrinath during the yatra […]
Poor roads plague Salt Lake, BMC dilly-dallies over thorough repairs
Apart from patchworks in front of Central Park that played host to the recently concluded International Kolkata Book Fair, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has done precious little to repair the roads in the township. All major roads in Salt Lake as well as those that cross-cross blocks of Salt Lake, continue to deteriorate and are […]
Morbi bridge collapse PIL: Uniform maintenance policy for civic bridges soon, Gujarat govt tells HC
The Gujarat government on Monday told the High Court it will come up with a uniform policy on maintenance of bridges in the jurisdiction of municipalities and municipal corporations. The announcement was made by Advocate General Kamal Trivedi during the hearing of a suo motu PIL following the deaths of 135 persons after a British-era […]
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway passes through backward areas to give priority to their development: Gadkari
The new Delhi-Mumbai Expressway passes through backward areas to give priority to the development of socially, economically and educationally backward districts, Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said here on Sunday. The minister was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the first phase of the highway in Dausa. He also said the government is making […]
Fresh landslides hit Jammu-Srinagar highway, closed for third consecutive day
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for traffic for the third consecutive day on Wednesday following fresh landslides in Ramban district, leaving more than 800 vehicles stranded on the road. The 270 kilometre-long highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was blocked by mudslides and shooting stones between Chanderkote […]
NHAI says no data available about faulty FASTags, penalties collected from users at toll plazas
State-owned NHAI has no information about faulty FASTags and the penalties collected from motorists in case their FASTags are non-functional at highway toll plazas. In case a motorist does not have a FASTag or it is non-functional, then the person has to pay double the toll charges at toll plazas. According to the National Highways […]