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 …
With green clearances on the verge of going online, road building agencies can soon start submitting proposals for Rail Over Bridges (ROBs) and Rail Under Bridges (RUBs) over the internet. They can also track the progress for approval. The road transport will also launch the e-tracking of outstanding bills by …
In a move to expedite construction projects in the country by making raw material more procurable, the Centre has decided to permit state governments to increase sand mining area in dry river beds from the existing five hectares to 20 hectares. In a move to expedite construction projects in the …
Plans to construct 16 dams from Varanasi to Hooghly will convert river into 16 ponds The Centre’s plan to develop the Ganga as waterway for commercial activities would sound the death knell for the river that is already struggling for survival, feel experts and activists who have been working for …
Overloaded commercial vehicles plying on the city roads are not only violating motor vehicle rules, but are also damaging environment and the roads. A study conducted by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) with the Indian Foundation of Transport Research and Training (IFTRT) has revealed that these overloaded vehicles have …
Despite the Delhi High Court banning e-rickshaws, the Centre is going ahead with plans to regularise their movement, said officials sources in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. In fact, hours after the High Court asked the Government to stop the plying of e-rickshaws in the National Capital, a …
At least 40 per cent of those dying on Indian roads are below 24 years of age, shows a recent study on road mishaps in the country. According to a report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), as many as 53 per cent of the victims in the bracket …
Rs. 3,000 crore for the North-East alone; fillip to PM’s rural scheme The Union Budget 2014 has given importance to fast-tracking highways and improving the road infrastructure to augment the nation’s arterial network. “The sector had taken shape between 1998 and 2004 under NDA-I. The sector again needs huge amount …
This is the first administrative decision by NDA govt after it projected the cleaning of the Ganges as a priority The division overseeing the cleaning of rivers under the ministry of environment and forests will soon be shifted to the river development and Ganga rejuvenation department, water resources ministry, headed …
River Ganga will be developed as major tourist destination and navigation corridor where the tourists from across the world will be able to visit various tourism spots along the river banks from Gangotri to GangaSagar and also enjoy 'Shikara' ride. Unveiling the plan, Union tourism and culture minister Shripada Naik …
Gadkari says govt may provide around 30% of cost Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious plan for “aviral aur nirmal (continuous and clean)” Ganga may cost a Rs 80,000 crore, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari said here on Monday. The government may provide around 30 per …
Who Is Manufacturing E-Rickshaws And With Whose Permission, Asks Court The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses of the Centre and states on a PIL which sought a regulatory mechanism for erickshaws on the ground that they were running amok on the city's streets. E-rickshaws have created a political controversy …
Shripada Yasso Naik gave an overview of the plans for the development of river Ganga as a major tourism destination Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti today said that the whole country is committed to ensure the continuous and uninterrupted flow of the River …
The ministry of road transport and highways has approved road projects worth about Rs 40,000 crore, besides setting a target of building 30 km of roads a day from 2016. At a meeting on Monday, minister Nitin Gadkari reviewed about 250 projects, worth Rs 60,000 crore. “These projects were mainly …
Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari's effort to bring e-rickshaws out of the ambit of the Central Motor Vehicles Act won't be a smooth ride. Road safety stakeholders will take up the issue of these structurally unsafe vehicles with the Supreme Court-appointed committee to monitor road safety across the country . …
The Chhattisgarh Government has added another feather in its cap by receiving the Centre’s nod for developing a ‘Smart City’ between Raipur and Naya Raipur on Thursday. The approval is being considered as a major boost to the State’s ongoing developmental push for taking up a large number of infrastructure …
Those with motor power up to 650W will be allowed to ply on city roads Reversing the order of his own Ministry, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announced on Tuesday that battery-operated rickshaws will not be barred from plying on the city roads and will be considered as non-motorised vehicles. …
The absence of any kind of measures to regulate e-rickshaws is one of the reasons why so many of them have started plying on Delhi roads over the past one year. In August 2013, the Transport department enlisted the help of The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) to carry out …
With talk of assembly elections in the air, Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday announced at a public rally here that battery-powered rickshaws, known as e-rickshaws, would not be considered motor vehicles, and hence won't be covered under the Motor Vehicles Act. In other words, it will virtually be …
The govt has proposed that the agencies be allowed to make one-time payment for all compensation and rehabilitation charges to the hit property owners In a move to fasttrack land acquisition for highway projects, the road transport ministry has proposed that the agencies concerned including NHAI should be allowed to …
The government plans to plant 200 crore trees along the entire 1 lakh km National Highways network across the country to employ jobless youth. “The length of National Highways in the country is one lakh kilometre. I have asked officials to come out with a plan to plant 200 crore …
