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 …
The government is set to ask private developers building national highways under the public private partnership (PPP) mode to install weigh bridges at every entry and exit point of highways. To check the wear and tear of highways, the government is planning to amend the model concession agreement for PPP …
To fast track port capacity expansion projects under the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode, the ministry of shipping has demanded an exemption from Coastal Regulation Zone authorities in states. It has also suggested a single-window mechanism for obtaining environmental clearances. In a draft Cabinet note circulated to concerned ministries, the shipping ministry …
The ministry of road transport and highways, which has been successful in bringing land acquisition to levels needed to achieve 20-km-a-day target of road building, is, however, struggling to bring the acquired land under its possession and insulate itself from paying huge compensations to developers. While, on paper, the ministry …
PANJIM, FEB 4: With Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) implementing the State government’s decision of compulsory NOC before ship laden with iron ore leaves the port, all the ore leaving State’s ports will now be accounted for. After much delay and pressures from Ministry of Shipping, MPT has made it compulsory …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Government today said it would 'thoroughly evaluate' Posco-India's detailed project report (DPR) for its proposed port project before recommending the proposal to Centre for clearance. The State Government was aware of the concerns expressed by authorities of Paradip Port Trust (PPT) and the Ministry of Shipping, Road …
New Delhi: The drive to Taj Mahal through NH 2 will become faster and nearly signalfree in the next three years. NHAI plans to build flyovers or underpasses at all traffic intersections on the route, including one at Ashram Chowk in the capital, and a major private developer will start …
LUCKNOW: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has sanctioned the work for widening of 20-km stretch of National Highway-24, between the Delhi-UP border and Dasna and making it a 6-lane facility. This decision is likely to facilitate movement of traffic between residential localities of Indirapuram, Noida and Ghaziabad. The …
Changes Will Bring Rules In Line With Norms Followed In US & European Countries INDIA is tweaking its fuel efficiency norms so that these are measured across different cars made by a company rather than a particular vehicle. Officials from the surface transport ministry and the power ministry
Road transport and highways ministry has put the plan to create a separate authority for building expressways on the back burner fearing opposition from state governments on the issue of acquisition of land and its commercial exploitation. Road minister Kamal Nath, who is keen on setting up the new body …
Miffed by roadblocks being created in the name of forest and environmental clearances for the development of highways, transport minister Kamal Nath today said even the roads constructed 100 years ago are not being upgraded due to the hurdles.
Toxic waste is sitting idle at our portsAre our ports becoming stockpiles of hazardous products? An inventory of such material, drawn up by the Union ministry of shipping last month, may lead one to believe so. Consider some of the products lying unattended at the country
THE Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) has decided to review the functioning of infrastructure ministries every quarter and suggest ways to meet targets. The first such review is likely to take place at Thursday
New Delhi: Shipping ministry on Tuesday asked all ports to prepare contingency plans to deal with oil spills in future. Early this month, sea route going towards Mumbai Port and Jawaharlal Nehru Port remained closed for days together after collision of MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia
Mumbai: Union shipping minister GK Vasan has handed over a detailed report on the chlorine gas leakage to prime minister Manmohan Singh during the cabinet meeting on Thursday. Following the gas leak on Wednesday, the Centre had directed the port to come up with a detailed report on the whereabouts …
GUNJAN PRADHAN SINHA Minister for Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath took a dig at the Plan panel yet again a week ago. And this time it was in the presence of Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and his infrastructure advisor Gajendra Haldea. While Kamal Nath …
