Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Hundreds of cycle rickshaw pullers on Monday staged a rally here demanding more road space for the non-motorised vehicles. Unmindful of the scorching heat, the rickshaw pullers along with social activists walked around three kilometers from the parade ground opposite Red Fort to Rajghat, raising slogans like
Chandigarh: The Haryana government has finalised an integrated state-level traffic plan to prevent road accidents on highways. The plan would be implemented in all the districts of the state. It will ensure implementation of traffic rules on national and state highways with the help of technology, identify accident-prone areas and …
JORHAT, March 25: In a bid to regulate the traffic chaos in Jorhat town, the district administration has taken a slew of measures to regulate traffic. Starting with the banning of rickshaws on the AT Road, which resulted in a strike, the administration next hauled up the Tata Magics and …
With traffic jams commonplace in metros and limited land available for making more roads, a congestion tax is the only solution Bharat Jhunjhunwala / March 25, 2010, 0:57 IST The automobile industry is one of the engines of the Indian economy. We are manufacturing a large number of cars today. …
CHENNAI: Cycle lanes will be created by Chennai Corporation to promote cycling and control vehicular pollution and fuel consumption. To attract tourists to the Marina beach, the civic body would provide cycles on rent during weekends. It would also conduct a study for urban redevelopment of T. Nagar. A firm, …
By M N Patil, Belgaum, Mar 14, DHNS: Due to heavy plying of lorries carrying ore the National Highway 4A, a connecting road between North Karnataka and Goa, has been completely destroyed. The stretch of the highway especially between Tinai Ghat and Anamod Ghat region has been thoroughly damaged. Eventhough, …
It is a common signboard on Indian roads: Caution, men at work. It connotes everything from a nuisance for the motorist to profit for the contractors, from infrastructure addition to government reports to seasonal employment for migrant labourers. It is a space where societies clash, build and destroy. In the …
On May 30, 1896, Cosmopolitan sponsored a race of horseless ca-rriages in New York. In it were four Duryeas, a Booth Rogers and, from Paris, an Armstrong. After a parade of the participants, the race began. One Henry Wells of Springfield, Massa-chusetts, was driving a Duryea motor wagon when he …
Santanu Sanyal The iron ore transportation issue in Orissa has taken a new turn with the district administration prohibiting the road movement of the ore along National Highway 215 that connects the iron ore-rich Keonjhar district with Paradip port and the rest of the country. The order issued by the …
The night traffic ban on the highway through Bandipur will stay. The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed the order of deputy commissioner, Chamarajanagar, dated June 10, 2009, lifting the ban along the National Highway (NH) 212, connecting Gundlupet-Mudhumalai and NH-67 connecting Gundlupet-Wayanad. The court was hearing petitions challenging the …
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) awarded 36 projects for a total length of 3,166 km till February 2010. According to a statement in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday by minister of state for road transport and highways R P N Singh, till December 2009 the government awarded 17 …
Bhopal: The Centre has turned down a proposal from the Madhya Pradesh Government to wind up its State Road Transport Corporation (MPSRTC) and also refused a financial package to revive the ailing unit. According to official sources, the Centre in a letter to the State Government about a week ago …
As western auto markets shrink due to environmental concerns coupled with financial tightening and long-term worries about fuel supply, India has witnessed a decade-long steep sales growth rates in all categories of vehicles. The promise of a rapidly growing automobile market has brought every global auto manufacturer of significance to …
MUMBAI: There will be no new small taxis in the city anymore. Alarmed by the exponential growth in the number of vehicles, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) headed by transport secretary C S Sangitrao has proposed a complete ban on registration of smaller vehicles
T. Ramakrishnan Death toll up 25% in 2009 compared to 2008 CHENNAI: Three years after the State formulated Road Safety Policy there is no sign of reversal in the trend of growing incidence of road accidents. In 2009, nearly 1,000 people more died in road accidents in the State compared …
The Public Works Department will conduct a road traffic census -2010 on State Highways and major district roads between February 17 and 24. Addressing a press conference in Bangalore on Tuesday, Superintendent Engineer (Design) H R Shantharajanna said the census will cover 3,821 count posts covering various stretches of State …
The Parents Teachers Association members of Shrimati Tarabai Dalvi High School, Bhamai-Pale, on Monday blocked the road protesting over rising dust pollution and alleged failure on the part of authorities to control truck transportation in the area. The road blockade agitation angered the truck owners, which ended in verbal clashes …
