Category: Roads

Travelling on several main and link roads in the residential areas of the city has become an ordeal for commuters due to the deplorable condition they are in. The roads are riddled with potholes, and the loose gravel scattered on the broken portions pose a threat to the commuters. City resident Sanjeev Kumar said: “Many […]

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on Sunday rescued dozens of passengers whose vehicles got stuck in snowfall on Bandipora-Gurez Road in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here. The BRO personnel swung into action as soon as they got the information about 35 vehicles that had been stuck on storm-hit Razdan Pass, the officials said.

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on Sunday rescued dozens of passengers whose vehicles got stuck in snowfall on Bandipora-Gurez Road, officials said here. The BRO personnel swung into action as soon as they got the information about 35 vehicles that had been stuck on storm-hit Razdan Pass, the officials said.

In a bid to ease traffic congestion and enhance connectivity, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has initiated the construction of two additional bridges along the existing bridge on Western Yamuna Canal (WYC) near Karna Lake on the NH-44. The main carriageway of the highway becomes narrow on the WYC bridge where vehicles from […]

Frequent landslides between Ramshila and Tapu Pul (Shani Mandir) after the side-cutting of a hill to broaden the road for the four-laning of the national highway (NH) have created panic among residents of Deodhar and Chowki Dobhi villages of Kharal Valley, opposite the Kullu town.

Several roads in the city have been in a poor condition for a long time, causing inconvenience to commuters and leading to mishaps. Residents say the issue of poor roads has been taken up with the authorities concerned on a number of occasions, but to no avail. Roads in sectors that come under the Haryana […]

Lohna ward under the Municipal Corporation, Palampur, which is also known as Ward No. 1, is situated in the foothills of Bundla Valley. It is one of the thickly populated wards with a population of over 6,000. A number of modern housing colonies have come up in the ward in the past 10 years. Along […]

The poor condition of a stretch of road from Sahid Bhagat Singh Chowk to City Centre Park in Yamunanagar is causing inconvenience to commuters of the area. The road connects three educational institutes and a number of colonies of Wards 9, 10 and 15 of the Municipal Corporation, Yamunanagar-Jagadhri (MCYJ).

The Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) has asked officials and road agencies to implement directions issued by the Supreme Court committee on road safety in a timely manner. The directions include the implementation of measures to manage traffic at sensitive zones such as schools, colleges, religious places and hospitals, besides the installation of signs on […]

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has started the work to clear the Leh-Manali National Highway, which has been shut due to snow accumulation. Every winter, the strategically important National Highway-3, connecting Leh with Manali, witnesses extreme weather conditions leading to heavy snowfall and avalanches, blocking the road starting from November till it is cleared by […]

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has commenced snow clearance works to restore access to Ladakh region from Manali side. Ladakh remains cut-off from rest of India during winters because high-altitude passes remain snow bound.

Taking a serious note on the issue of encroachments, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to remove all such structures on the Kiratpur-Manali National Highway.