There is no end to sufferings of passengers and the staff, who run the bus service, for the past one year as flyover road inside the city bus stand is in a dilapidated condition. Buses exit the city bus stand via this badly broken flyover road. Earlier, a bus operators association had also got potholes […]
Category: Roads
Years on, roads at Industrial Growth Centre remain in bad condition
Commuters here are an inconvenienced lot as the condition of roads at the Industrial Growth Centre (IGC) has been very poor over the years, thanks to the apathetic attitude of the authorities concerned. Road infrastructure at the industrial centre situated on Mansa Road has been in a dilapidated condition for the past many years. It […]
Massive landslide blocks Jammu-Srinagar National Highway
A massive landslide hit the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in the Ramban district in the wee hours of Saturday, leading to suspension of traffic on the only road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, officials said. The landslide, triggered by incessant rains over the past two days, occurred near Battery Cheshma, completely blocking the 270-km […]
Electric roads in the making?
A newly recarpeted Passi road has drawn ire of the residents as the authorities concerned carried on the work without removing electricity poles. Rajbir, a resident said, “The Public Works Department has started recarpeting and widening of the road without removing electricity poles. The poles should have been removed first. Now, when the poles will […]
Srinagar residents up in arms against admn over bad roads
Residents of Zaffron Colony, a locality on the outskirts of Srinagar city, are up in arms against authorities for failing to repair roads in the area for the past eight months. They say the bad roads, besides posing health risks, are damaging their vehicles. Located less than 6 km from Srinagar’s commercial hub, the locality’s […]
Bad roads, polls take a toll on tourist footfall
The bad condition of roads and Lok Sabha polls have hit the tourist arrivals by over 30 per cent during the peak summer season as compared to last year. Although hoteliers and travel agents hope that the tourist footfall will increase after the poll result this week, they are worried that the bad roads will […]
IL&FS, Adanis penalised for breaching listing norms
The National Stock Exchange on Wednesday imposed fines and issued notices to 250 companies for not adhering to the Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements. Among the companies penalised, were the grounded Jet Airways, subsidiary companies of the crisi-riddenn IL&FS and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ, InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, the parent company of the […]
Residents stall re-carpeting work of Sector 27/30 road
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) stalled the ongoing re-carpeting work of a Sector 27/30 road after residents of the area protested. The residents said the civic body started the work without scraping the existing layer of the road. RK Garg, president of the Second Innings Association and a resident of Sector 27, said the road […]
CM’s Karnal road project stuck in red tape for year
The construction of a one-km stretch between Shaheed Udham Singh Chowk and Kunjpura near Sector 9 here has been in limbo for the last one year due to lack of coordination between the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) and Forest Department. It is an ambitious project of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar which will connect […]
Residents stage protest, seek repair of roads
Perturbed over the inaction of the administration to repair the dilapidated condition of roads, residents of the Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar locality held a dharna. They put up a banner displaying ‘No Road-No Vote’. The banner has been put up at the entry point of the area. The irate protesters raised slogans against politicians and […]
Flyover deadline now 2020: NHAI
While the possession of around 4.5 km of land required for the 10.6-km-long Chandigarh-Kharar road project is yet to be taken, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is hopeful of its completion by January 2020. It has engaged Larsen & Toubro for the project. KL Sachdeva, project director, NHAI, said the Mohali Administration had […]
Poor condition of roads a major poll issue in Jagraon
The poor condition of roads, including link roads connecting different villages with the cities has been a major poll issue for the villagers of Jagraon during these Lok Sabha elections. The villagers complained that most of the link roads in Jagraon area have been in a very bad condition and the successive governments of the […]