Category: Roads

The farmers under the banner of the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugraha) have made the three toll plazas in the district free for commuters in protest against the government for using force on the farmers going to Delhi. The union leaders stated that the union had decided to make the toll plazas free for the […]

The Union Ministry of Rural Development has sanctioned a package for upgrade of 12 roads having length of 134 km and one bridge project at an estimated cost of Rs 152.38 crore, a government spokesman said here. With this, a total of 233 road projects having length of 1,750 km and 66 bridges falling in […]

Hundreds of trees on both sides of the Verka-Mudhal road have been cut for widening the road. Over the years, a majority of the fully grown trees on roads in the city as well as on the outskirts have been axed to pave way for wider roads. Joginder Singh, a local resident, said, “When a […]

The Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu here today approved the New Mining Policy-2024 aimed at cubing illegal mining and generating employment avenues. It also gave nod to filling 80 posts of mining guard in the Industries Department.

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari took stock of the progress of the construction work (Package-I and Package-II) at the DND-Sohna highway, a part (spur), of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway today. He directed officials of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to ensure completion by the due date.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a penalty of Rs 45 crore on the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for filling up a pond and encroaching on two nullahs at Kiranj village in Nuh and for illegal construction and cutting of trees at Hajipur village in Gurugram, for constructing a stretch of the […]

The construction of a shorter route to Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport in Mohali is likely to get delayed. The UT Administration had recently sent a proposal for the shorter route to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for its approval. The MHA was likely to take up the issue after the Lok Sabha elections, […]

Residents of villages in Kargil have demanded installation of mobile towers for better communication and building of new roads in their areas. Executive Councillor (EC), Public Health Engineering, Revenue and Tourism, of Hill Council Kargil, Kacho Mohd Feroz conducted an extensive tour of Pashkum village to review developmental activities and met various public delegations.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday verbally questioned the State of Haryana on placing blockades on the highway following farmers’ protests. The Bench verbally observed that the farmers were passing through the highways, adding that they had the right to movement and to assemble.

The Haryana Government is constructing the building of a medical college in Panjupur village of Yamunanagar district. However, due to no direct connectivity between the college and the Yamunanagar city, residents have demanded that a direct road be built from Vishwakarma Chowk here to the under-construction Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Singh Medical College. In the […]

The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to various Himachal and Central agencies as well as private contractors undertaking the widening of the Paonta Sahib-Shillai-Gumma National Highway (NH)-707 on an application filed by a local resident, who raised several environmental concerns. The Bench has noted that the petitioner has raised […]

The Rast-Manal-Chunoti road in the Ronhat area of the Shillai Assembly constituency has not been upgraded or repaired for decades in the absence of forest clearance. The road is located in the home constituency of Industries Minister Harshwardhan Chauhan. Thousands of residents of 15 villages and five gram panchayats have been waiting for nearly two […]