Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
New Delhi: Worried over scarcity in supply of stone and sand for construction of roads and highways, the Centre has asked chief ministers of five states — Punjab, Haryana, Jhakhand, Bihar and Tamil Nadu — to intervene and issue quarrying licences to contractors. Highways minister C P Joshi has appealed …
New Delhi The Supreme Court has rejected a salt manufacturer's plea, thus paving the way for its eviction from over 16,000 acre of the Kandla Port Tust (KPT) land in the Kutch region of Gujarat. A bench headed by Justice DK Jain dismissed as withdrawn the Shree Krishna Salt Industries' …
The projects cut across the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka The government is likely to give nod for construction of 11 road projects worth about Rs 15,000 crore this week, a government official said. "Road Ministry has sent a proposal for building 11 highway projects to the …
The country's steel production capacity has reached 80 MT per annum with plans to ramp it up to 120 MTPA during the current fiscal An inter-ministerial panel will meet later this month to sort out issues impeding big-ticket investments in the steel sector. "An inter-ministerial group (IMG) on July 25 …
New Delhi, July 3: Union minister for road transport and highways C.P. Joshi has asked the ministry to immediately dispatch a special team of engineers, given the tardy progress of road projects in the Northeast, to keep tabs on the quality and pace of the projects. In 2005, the Centre …
Code specifies if car maker fails to recall, govt can intervene The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) on Monday notified a ‘voluntary code on vehicle recall’ for passenger vehicle, two-wheeler and commercial vehicle manufacturers. It stipulates the conditions and procedures required to be followed on detection of any manufacturing …
In what could prove to be a boost for automakers, who are battling high fuel prices, and enable easier cross country movement of goods, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is trying to make states agree to a uniform rate of road tax. “Our officials will visit state governments …
Revised policy guidelines for making use of excess land in major ports will be issued soon, said Union Minister of Shipping G.K. Vasan here on Tuesday. He told reporters that discussions were on to draft the guidelines. They would be sent to the Union Cabinet for clearance. The guidelines would …
Aiming to spur progress and development in the worst Maoist-affected Gadchiroli district, the Maharashtra government has taken up construction of strategic inter-state river bridges and expanding the road network in the area, a minister said Monday. The project, estimated to cost around Rs1.86 billion, has been taken up under a …
Including new railway line, four-laning of highway and bridge Union Road Transport and Highways Minister C. P. Joshi and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday laid the foundation stones and inaugurated by remote control several projects worth Rs. 1,337.76 crore. They laid the foundation stone of Jind-Sonepat railway …
New Delhi: The highways ministry now aims to award 9,000 km of national highways (NH) during this financial year. It has also set a target of constructing at least 12-13 km a day. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has planned to build at least 3,000 km, which is 500 …
New Delhi: At least 87 NH projects are running behind schedule, and in some cases the delay is more than seven years. Unhappy with the tardy progress of highway construction, the highways ministry has started a state-wise review of progress — starting with Uttar Pradesh — to expedite the unfinished …
TARDY PROGRESS Inquiry committee of road ministry finds World Bank Institutional Integrity Unit report on Lucknow-Muzaffarpur highway project true Aprobe panel of the road ministry has recommended a CBI investigation into allegations of fraud against private contractors involved in the Lucknow-Muzaffarpur highway project. The inquiry committee, instituted by the Ministry …
The Parliamentary Standing Committee examining the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 (LARR Bill) is likely to come down “strongly” against Clause 98 that seeks to exempt 16 separate specific Central Acts that account for about 95 per cent of land acquisition for the Central government. “The Committee strongly …
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to allow a controversial US ship to head to Alang in Gujarat for dismantling after an NGO pointed out that the vessel was required to give prior intimation of its decontamination. The ship, Oriental Nicety, was refused permission to enter Indian waters after NGO …
GUWAHATI: The Assam Government has announced a special scheme of Rs 10 crore for the development of inland water service and road communication in Dhubri district which recently witnessed one of the worst ferry mishaps in the State. State Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain, while addressing a press conference here on …
Members of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan write to Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Members of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan, a civil society consortium working in the area of restoration of the Yamuna and its various tributaries, has written to Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Dr. C. P. Joshi …
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister's Office will decide whether the country will have fuel efficiency standards for cars or not. After four years of wrangling and a final draft policy being prepared, the decision has been left to the PMO in view of the "sensitivities" involved after auto manufacturers opposed …
New Delhi: When the government approves a project, it is to be awarded in one go. But the Tuticorin Port Trust (TPT) decided to go against the established norm and split a contract. It is only after four years that the port trust is making amends, and the shipping ministry …
With the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, on Wednesday not approving the procedural relaxations for floating of tenders for roads and highways, the Road Transport and Highways (RTH) Ministry’s target of awarding projects for 7,300 km for the current financial year is unlikely to …
