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 …
Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has sanctioned Rs 130.74 crore towards compensation to be paid to the landowners in West Kameng, East Kameng and Papum Pare districts of Arunachal Pradesh who would be affected by the construction of the Nechipu–Hoj stretch of Trans–Arunachal Highway (TAH). Chief Minister …
To the constant persuasion of Chief Minister Nabam Tuki for enhancing connectivity to the state capital, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), has in principle approved 4 laning of the road from Itanagar to Banderdewa and 2 laning of the road from Itanagar to Jote. The development …
The government approved two highway extension projects in Rajasthan involving investments of R 713 crore with assistance from the World Bank. ‘‘Government has approved a proposal for rehabilitation and upgrading of two stretches of National Highways in Rajasthan under Phase I of National Highway Interconnectivity Improvement Projects (NHIIP) with World …
New Delhi:The finance ministry has relaxed norms for appraising and approving highway projects up to Rs 500 crore by the road transport and highways ministry, a move that will boost awarding of public-funded projects. The decision comes at a time when the road ministry is aiming to award more projects …
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways C.P. Joshi on Friday announced that toll on the Mumbai-Baroda national highway would be collected electronically from April and the speed of commercial vehicles on national highways regulated to reduce accidents. Responding to queries on Google Plus Hangout, Dr. Joshi said the Radio …
In a bid to drive out the highways sector from a severe financial crunch, the Economic Survey proposed to ease exit norms for developers to free up equity for new projects. “In current market conditions, these firms are unable to raise new equity. Exit route needs to be eased so …
The Centre is all set to tell the Supreme Court that the report of the R K Pachauri committee, which has suggested an alternative route to the mythological Ram Sethu for the Sethusamudram project, is not feasible. In doing so, the Centre will junk the report of the Pachauri-led committee …
The troubled roads sector can expect a relief package from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), which has called a meeting of the road transport ministry and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday. Government sources say that the meeting is likely to discuss the bottlenecks that have led …
The troubled roads sector can expect a relief package from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), which has called a meeting of the road transport ministry and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday. Government sources say that the meeting is likely to discuss the bottlenecks that have led …
New Delhi: Investor apathy to public-private partnership (PPP) projects in highways has forced the government to revisit the old engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) model after a four-year gap. While there had not been a single EPC project awarded in the sector between 2008-09 and 2011-12, the ministry of road …
Minister says delay is due to adverse weather and hurdles in land acquisition Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways C.P. Joshi on Tuesday revealed that only 100 km of the 2,400-km Trans-Arunachal Highway announced under the Prime Minister’s package for Arunachal Pradesh had been completed so far. Prime Minister …
Days after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) dragged the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to the apex court alleging delays in granting of forest clearance, the ministry has granted forest clearance to the 555-km Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad National Highway widening project that had first sparked the conflict. While the …
New Delhi: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) expects to build at least 2,800-2,900 km highways under the NH Development Programme during 2012-13, which will be the highest ever completion in the authority’s history. The maximum NH construction record so far has been 2,693 km in 2009-10, sources said. According …
The woes of investors in highway projects don't seem to end. The new guidelines issued by the environment ministry, allowing work on non-forest land while clearance for projects involving diversion of forest land is pending, are cumbersome and would not facilitate investments, developers feel. According to official sources, the developers …
The 266-km project is estimated to cost Rs. 20,000 crore Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and the Centre have agreed to construct an access-controlled Delhi-Ludhiana Expressway at an estimated cost of Rs. 20,000 crore. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s proposal to revise the Delhi-Chandigarh Expressway to one connecting the national Capital …
Delhi-Ludhiana expressway talks begin, states express in-principle approval With the Prime Minister’s Office stepping in to resolve the row between the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) over forest clearances to highway projects, the former has communicated the ball is now in …
Stepping in to resolve the row between the National Highways Authority of India and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) over forest clearance to linear projects, the Prime Minister’s Office Tuesday worked out a formula to end the embarrassing stand-off between two arms of the central government. A meeting …
Long-term lenders like IIFCL and IDBI Bank are unlikely to fund road projects where land acquisition is incomplete, a move that could scuttle plans to award projects of 8,000 km this fiscal year. Lenders and builders have approached the finance ministry, road ministry and NHAI, insisting that road contracts should …
Things may have come to a boil between the National Highways Authority of India and the Ministry of Environment and Forests over green clearances to road projects last week with the former going to court in protest, but they have been simmering for long enough. The NHAI has for long …
‘Need To Regulate Use Of Multi-Tone Horns That Pose A Health Hazard’ Mumbai: Sirens and multitone horns in vehicles that flout the prescribed decibel levels are a serious hazard to citizens, said the national green tribunal in its judgment. The tribunal has directed the police not to allow private vehicles …
