The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) completed the tender process for the last stretch of NH-33 connecting Ranchi with Jamshedpur on Sunday afternoon. Sources in NHAI said the selection committee associated with the tender process decided to issue the work order even on Sunday to escape the model code of conduct for the general […]
Category: Roads
Delhi budget: Rs 1,900 crore for roads and bridges
The annual budget of the Delhi government presented in the Assembly on Tuesday, proposed Rs 1,900 crore for roads and bridges, which is 73 per cent more than the allocation in the current financial year. Presenting the budget, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia also announced Rs 308 crore for street-scaping six Public Works Department (PWD) […]
Demand for new footbridge
City-based NGO Jan Kalyan Morcha on Monday demanded that the Chakradharpur railway authorities declare the footbridge at Adityapur station, which was damaged on Sunday, as “condemned” and set up a new one closer to the station. The development comes at a time the bridge repair is already underway. The footbridge was damaged when an engine […]
3 private companies show interest in cable bridge construction over Hudco Lake
Three private companies have evinced interest in constructing the proposed cable-stayed bridge over Hudco Lake in suburban Govindpur. Two of these are from Calcutta and the third from Delhi. The tender was opened here on Saturday. “Three construction firms, including the one that set up Domuhani bridge over Subernarekha river, have shown interest. We will […]
OIL office blocked over road
Activists of the All Assam Gorkha Students’ Union, Chutia Students’ Union and the All Assam Adivasi Students’ Union on Friday started an indefinite blockade over non-construction of a road by Oil India Limited at Naoholia in Dibrugarh district. Local residents, including women, also blocked the entry of OIL employees into the office. They also did […]
Dug-up road poses risk at Kanke
Digging of a nearly 30-metre stretch of road for construction of drains at Kanke in Ranchi is putting commuters to risk. Work on the construction of roadside drains is being carried out for nearly two years, but three days back the agency hired by Ranchi Municipal Corporation dug up the middle of the 20-feet wide […]
Calcutta civic body orders hoardings off footbridges
The civic body has asked agencies responsible for the upkeep of footbridges in Calcutta to remove hoardings and run a health check on every structure, a Calcutta Municipal Corporation official said on Saturday. Removing the hoardings will help shed the extra load that can weaken the footbridges, the official said. The agencies must take remedial […]
Bridge link to Chittagong could transform Tripura’s Sabroom
Efforts are on to transform Sabroom subdivision of South Tripura district into a gateway to Southeast Asia through measures like the Maitree Setu that is being constructed over the Feni river to connect the state with Bangladesh’s Chittagong port. The port is 75km from Sabroom. The subdivision will be connected with Belonia subdivision of the […]
High court rap on tardy NH-33 repairs
Jharkhand High Court on Thursday pulled up the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for “deliberately stalling” completion of repair and renovation of the NH-33 stretch between Ranchi and Jamshedpur. A division bench of Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice Anil Kumar Choudhary, hearing a PIL on the tardy pace of construction work on the […]
Twin bridges to ease Tolly traffic
Two new bridges are being built over Tolly’s Nullah to ease traffic on Tollygunge bridge and Durgapur bridge, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Wednesday. Traffic on the two existing bridges has increased manifold since the collapse of the Majerhat bridge in September. The bridges being built will help commuters from Behala and New Alipore, giving […]
ED aims to make co-accused on Agusta chopper deal to turn approver
The Enforcement Directorate is likely to make Rajeev Saxena, a co-accused in the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, an approver in the case to look into a possible larger conspiracy and ascertain the names of politicians who were allegedly bribed. “Saxena, an aide of prime accused Christian Michel, knew about the bribes paid to Indian counterparts, including […]
Parama flyover two-way all day
Cars are being allowed to take the Parama flyover from Park Circus during daytime for the first time in three years, the unannounced change taking effect immediately after the west-bound ramp linked to the AJC Bose Road flyover opened. Till that afternoon, that flank of the Parama flyover would be open to EM Bypass-bound traffic […]