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 …
Ministry Finds It Hard To Award Deals For 2,609km To meet its target of awarding 7,300 km of national highways during the current financial year, the road transport and highways ministry has sought exemption from seeking mandatory clearance of the Public Private Partnership Accounts Committee (PPPAC) before starting the bidding …
The government has decided to fast-track the clearance of roads and highways projects in the remaining months of the current financial year. After a directive from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the ministry of road transport and highways has decided to award 15 major projects, totalling 1,547 kilometres of roads, this …
Following an intervention from the PMO, the Highways Ministry has extended an assurance that it will wrap up the award of 26 road projects to ensure that the target set for the current fiscal is met. “On the direction of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Ministry of Road Transport …
New Delhi: A panel of the highways ministry has recommended a uniform one-time road tax — 6% of the price of the vehicle — across all states. At present, the rate varies from 2% to 18% in different states and it is one of the reasons why Delhi residents buy …
The government plans to roll out at least 85,000 buses in rural areas in the next five years in its bid to improve public transport. This is likely to improve the availability of public transport across the states and help shift people to buses from personal vehicles. A concept paper …
Itanagar : The Union Road Transport and National Highways ministry has approved the 407 km Putin-Pangin road which passes through three districts of Arunachal Pradesh. The road, part of the ambitious Trans-Arunachal Highway (TAH), which will touch Ziro, Daporijo and Aalo was approved by Union Road Transport & National Highways …
People Veering Towards Own Wheels Due To Inadequate Public Transport New Delhi: More than 95% of vehicles registered every year in India are private ones, government data reveals. For instance, at least 1.76 crore private vehicles — cars, jeeps, auto-rickshaws and two-wheelers — were registered in 2010, and the growth …
Several important State highways (SH), including the busy Bangalore-Mysore and Kodagu-Mangalore routes, will soon become National Highways (NH), if the State Government has its way. The State Public Works Department (PWD) has recently proposed to the Centre to declare 21 SHs as NHs, covering 4,031 km. If the Union Ministry …
SHILLONG: If the utterances of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma is taken for granted, the Jorabat-Umiam four-lane road project and the Shillong by-pass from Umiam to Mawryngkneng is expected to be completed by 2013. These two projects, particularly the Shillong by-pass was way behind the scheduled period of completion due to …
New Delhi: To complete the already delayed north-south corridor, the highways ministry will now seek additional budgetary support of Rs 10,340 crore for two four-laning projects in Jammu and Kashmir. The National Highways Authority of India has already used more than the sanctioned budget support of Rs 26,599 crore in …
Alarm bells have started ringing in the government over recent trend of highway builders quoting huge premiums to bag contracts. Road transport and highways minister CP Joshi has directed his officials to do a risk analysis of such bids and devise a mechanism to secure the completion of projects. Essentially, …
New Delhi: UPA-2’s target to build 7,000km of roads a year may be a reality soon, as the next two years are likely to record 20,000km of road construction, given the projects awarded so far. Construction is in progress on 16,000km, and the ministry has to award 11,050km in the …
SHILLONG: The decision of the state government to go ahead with the construction of the four lane from the existing road at Umsning has called for both applause and criticism from the local residents of Umsning. The supporters of the government’s decision which include the local residents, land owners from …
Minister of shipping GK Vasan announced that the union shipping ministry would regulate the movements of ships that are more than 25 years old, in Mumbai on Saturday. Vasan, in his speech at the valedictory function of the golden jubilee celebration of the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd in Mumbai, …
The Government has approved 20 new highway and housing projects at a total investment of Rs 14,538 crore. Approval for the projects proposed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), respectively, was given by a Finance Ministry panel. “The 46th Public-Private Partnership …
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has planned to construct 1,000 km of expressways on the BOT (toll; build-operate-transfer) model. “We have started preparing the alignment and also acquiring land for the Vadodara-Mumbai section,” said a senior NHAI official, who did not want to be identified. The other three …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday called for complete transparency in awarding highway projects to eliminate the possibility of favouritism or crony capitalism. Manmohan Singh“It is necessary to demonstrate that the award, construction and operation of these (highways) projects is based on a fair and transparent approach which eliminates any …
The ministry of road transport and highways (MORTH) has suggested the government to de-link environment and forest clearances in a bid to fast track highways project. The ministry says that it takes about 12-15 months to seek environment clearance, another 1-2 years to get forest clearance and over three years …
The plan to convert 10,000 km of state highways into national highways is unlikely to find favour with the ministry of finance as the government is facing a paucity of funds. The department of expenditure has raised concerns over the additional annual burden of Rs 3,500 crore that the Centre …
New Delhi: The shipping ministry is planning to put restrictions on the entry of over 25-year-old ships to Indian coasts to avoid the recent RAK Carrier-like incident that occurred in Mumbai. A notification to this effect is likely to be issued within a week that will stipulate certain conditions and …
