One month after purchasing two mobile pothole patching machines at a cost of around Rs 3.86 crore, which are designed to operate effectively throughout the year, the Municipal Corporation (MC) awaits their official inauguration. ‘Pothole Busters’ and ‘The Road Doctors’ have been mentioned on the machines that are based on the infrared recycling technology. At […]
Category: Roads
Stretch of Rs 756-cr elevated highway opens
In a festive gift to local reidents, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) opened for vehicular traffic another stretch of the partially-access controlled four-lane elevated highway corridor in Ludhiana on Sunday. Also, the remaining portion of the much-awaited project has reached an advanced stage of completion and will be made operational by the year […]
Govt transfers Rs 200 cr to NHAI for road project
Farmers’ wait in Karnal district is likely to be over soon as the state government has transferred Rs 200 crore to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for the construction of the eastern bypass and the third phase of western bypass, a part of the outer ring road project. The NHAI has acquired farmers’ […]
Uttarkashi: Rescuers drilling through rubble to reach workers stuck in tunnel
Rescue operations continued for the third consecutive day on Tuesday to save 40 workers trapped inside a collapsed under-construction tunnel on the Brahmkhal-Yamunotri national highway in Uttarakhand. Authorities said all trapped labourers were safe and communication was being maintained with them through walkie-talkie sets. Food and oxygen supplies are being ensured to them. The workers […]
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: One of the 40 trapped labourers speaks to son through pipe
Gabbar Singh Negi, one of the 40 labourers trapped in the under-construction tunnel that collapsed on the Char Dham route, spoke to his son on Tuesday. “I was allowed to speak to my father for a few seconds using the pipe through which oxygen is being supplied to the stranded workers,” Akash Singh Negi told […]
Trapped workers in Silkyara tunnel safe: Uttarakhand govt
Government agencies engaged in the rescue efforts at the site of the tunnel collapse on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway on Tuesday said all 40 trapped workers were safe and oxygen was being relayed into the tunnel with the help of compressors. Food packets are also being delivered inside the collapsed tunnel, and the rescue agencies […]
40 trapped in Uttarakhand tunnel, rescue to take two more days
NDRF and SDRF personnel and police have been undertaking a search and rescue operation to save 40 workers trapped in an under-construction tunnel on the Char Dham route. A portion of the tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway collapsed in early hours of Sunday. All workers were safe and communicating, officials […]
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Rescuers to drill through rubble to create escape passage for trapped workers
Rescuers at the under-construction tunnel collapse site here on Tuesday initiated the process of inserting large-diameter mild steel pipes through the rubble using an auger machine to rescue the 40 workers trapped for two days now, officials said. The pipes will be pushed in using the horizontal drilling equipment to create an escape passage for […]
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: May take two more days to rescue trapped workers, say authorities
All 40 workers trapped in an under-construction tunnel on the Char Dham route are safe and being sent food and water, authorities assured Monday but said the rescue operation could take up to two more days. A portion of the tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway collapsed in the […]
Portion of under-construction tunnel collapses in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi, 36 workers trapped
A portion of a tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway here collapsed on Sunday morning, trapping 36 workers inside, officials said. Police, National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force personnel are at the spot carrying out rescue efforts, Uttarkashi Superintendent of Police (SP) Arpan Yaduvanshi said. He […]
Manali-Leh NH opened to traffic after two days
The Border Roads Organisation has restored the Manali-Leh highway to normal traffic after a gap of two days. The highway was blocked to traffic beyond Darcha towards Leh due to snowfall at Baralacha Pass in Lahaul and Spiti on Friday. According to the police, the highway was restored to traffic on Sunday by the BRO. […]
Eye on tourists, Doda roads to be improved
To increase the tourist footfall at scenic places in Doda district, the administration has asked the officials concerned to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) to improve the road infrastructure in the area for better connectivity. Pul-Doda to Chatergala Road via Bhaderwah town is of immense importance as it caters to major tourist destinations of […]