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 Transport department has started impounding e-rickshaws in accordance with decisions taken during a meeting taken in Chief Secretary’s office on April 15. All e-rickshaws plying in Delhi were rendered illegal by a notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on April 24, in which the …
VARANASI: A noted river scientist has requested Union transport & highways and shipping minister Nitin Gadkari to ensure adequate water flow in Ganga before beginning any programme of waterways in the holy river. Gadkari had declared that his department, in coordination with ministries of water resources, urban development, forest and …
Infrastructure projects are likely to get a major push under Modi's regime Land acquisition is the topmost hurdle in the execution of highway projects in the country and should be dealt with on a priority basis by the incoming government, a top official of the Ministry of Road Transport and …
The ministry of road transport and highways has objected to the power ministry's recently-notified fuel efficiency norms for passenger vehicles, reflecting the concerns of India's automobile industry that new emission levels are being stipulated a year ahead of the deadline that had been agreed. The road transport ministry has asked …
To encourage adoption of new materials and technology in road construction, the Highway Ministry has formulated a policy where new technology can be adopted through pilot projects. To try the new technology, the incremental cost of adopting the new technology as against the tried and tested methods will have to …
In a PIL seeking protection for right to walk and pedestrian safety, MP high court has issued notices to Union ministry of road transport and highways, state transport ministry, National Highways Authority of India and all divisional commissioners, including Bhopal, Jabalpur, Indore and Gwalior. Admitted by divisional bench of Chief …
The government wants to put a halt to manufacturing on e-rickshaws until a clear policy on these vehicles is out. At a meeting with the road transport ministry on Thursday, Delhi government rushed to formulate a policy after it was decided that e-rickshaws without registration numbers won’t be allowed to …
Delays in land acquisition and environment clearances have hampered the progress of expressways in the country, Minister for Road Transport and Highways Oscar Fernandes said. "Land acquisition and environment (clearances) are some of the issues which one has to deal with. Expressways are greenfield projects and a lot of planning …
The ministry of road transport and highways has approved Rs 105 crore for the construction of various roads in the district in the current fiscal, with the condition that the works should be completed within two years and four months from the date of administrative approval. The ministry has given …
It will help them take up development projects The Shipping Ministry on Thursday unveiled the much-awaited land policy guidelines for 12 major ports in the country that will help them to undertake various development projects on a tender-cum-auction basis. Briefing reporters, Chennai Port Trust chairman Atulya Misra said the new …
KPT is in the process of drafting a proposal for renewal of leases, to soon be sent to the shipping ministry On the heels of the Union Cabinet giving its nod to convert 1,300 acres from leasehold to freehold at Gandhidham near the Kandla Port in Gujarat, the Centre has …
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has blamed “abnormal” delays in getting environment and forest clearances for road projects among the reasons for the current downturn in the sector. In a letter to the ministry of road transport and highways on Monday, NHAI chairman RP Singh said the environment …
The Japan International Cooperation Agency will provide a loan with 100% financing for civil construction and supervision works for the project The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved two road projects worth Rs 2,000 crore, to be undertaken in Bihar and Gujarat. The project in Bihar is …
The Union Road Transport and Highways (RTH) Ministry has approved 6,418 kilometre of road under Special Accelerated Road Development Project–North East (SARDP–NE) for implementation of Phase A and the Arunachal Pradesh package of roads and highways, Union Minister of State for RTH Sarvey Sathyanarayana has said. “Out of the 10,141 …
The government on Wednesday put the number of vehicles recalled by General Motors India due to emission norms violation at 1.6 lakh, 46,000 more than the firm had announced and said GM has “admitted” to “lacunae” on its part in maintaining standards. Comments from the company on the number of …
Major road projects across Haryana, including a six-lane flyover along National Highway-8 at Hero Honda Chowk on Delhi-Jaipur road, have been approved by the Centre. The decision was taken at a meeting between Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Oscar Fernandes in …
Company is expecting to begin production of Tavera BSIV variant by next summer after receiving approval General Motors (GM) India today said it is closely working with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on the issue of violations of emission norms by its multi-purpose vehicle Chevrolet Tavera and said …
Also exempts mining of soil up to 2 hectares for laying foundation from green NoC The Cabinet has cleared a proposal that allows expansion of highways up to 100 km without environmental clearance, a move seen speeding up revival of a sector that is key to higher economic growth. Based …
Expansion Of Highway Stretches Up To 100km Now Easier In a major relief to highway widening projects, the Cabinet on Thursday allowed exemption of environmental clearance requirement for stretches up to 100 km in length. Earlier, this was for stretches up to 30 km, as a result of which most …
The Public Works Department (PWD) is gearing up to initiate work on the four-laning of two important national highways allotted to it by the Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways. These are Amritsar-Bathinda national highway via Verka-Tarn Taran-Mudki-Kotkapura-Baja Khanna-Jida and Jalandhar-Moga-Barnala-Khanuri (Sangrur). "We have completed most of the paper …
