Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Balwinder Kaur Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 19/03/2024. Balwinder Kaur, the applicant raised the grievance of risk of thousands of trees felling due to likelihood of land sliding. It was said that illegal mining is being carried out …
LUCKNOW: Apart from assessing the party's performance in the state, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat, in Uttar Pradesh on a three-day visit that ended on Wednesday, is preparing a report on the the contentious Ganga Expressway Project undertaken by the UP government. The report, which is …
The government has sanctioned Rs 87 lakh to develop roads, which connect Harangi reservoir, said MLA M P Appachu Ranjan. Speaking after performing the Bhoomi Pooja of a road development work near Harangi reservoir here on Monday, Ranjan said that four approach roads will be constructed for the convenience of …
The World Bank on Wednesday approved a $ 50.7 million loan to improve quality and sustainability of the road network in Tamil Nadu. This is additional financing to the Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project, which became effective on October 31, 2003, with a loan amount of $ 348 million, said …
The B K Chaturvedi committee, set up by the Prime Minister to resolve issues in the roads sector, has called for a bucket-based approach to resolve disputes plaguing the sector. In its second round of recommendations to the government, the committee has suggested three buckets for the size of claims …
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to bypass states that are slow on acquiring land for national highway projects. Barring Goa, none of the states that lag behind in land acquisition are governed by the Congress.
Mumbai: Has the urban planning authority scored a dud with the numerous skywalks dotting the cityscape? A report by a private organisation indicates so
LUCKNOW: The high court, on Thursday, constituted a committee to have first-hand information about the controversy surrounding the construction of a road near the proposed Eco Park on the VIP Road in the city. The committee will have advocate-general Jyotindra Mishra, chief standing counsel Devendra Upadhyay, the PIL petitioner, S …
Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Nagaraj said a probe would be conducted into the unauthorised road works being done in Balur and Miyaru reserve forests coming under Mudigere and Belthangady taluks respectively. Speaking to Deccan Herald on Wednesday, he said he was unaware of the developments until they were reported …
Opposition members in the State Assembly today bemoaned the poor quality of roads and stressed the need for proper monitoring of the road projects for ensuring quality and bringing in accountability for tardy implementation. Participating in the debate on demands for grants, the Opposition rued that poor road connectivity was …
Chandigarh: Defective budgeting, improper planning, slow implementation of schemes, faulty execution of works - the report of the Controller and Auditor-General of India on Haryana, presented to the Haryana Legislative Assembly, found this and much more. It also brought to light, inter alia, deficiencies in systems and procedures, excess payments, …
S. Rajendran Bangalore: The former Prime Minister and national president of the Janata Dal (Secular), H.D. Deve Gowda, has called upon Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to file a fresh affidavit before the Supreme Court highlighting that the State government will stick to the final orders of the apex court …
KOCHI: If the Corporation authorities are to be believed, widening of Sahodaran Ayyappan (SA) Road, one of the much-awaited road projects in the city, will be completed in three months. Laying wet mix macadam (WMM) will begin in April and is expected to be completed within two months. In a …
New Delhi: The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) for roads and highways gave in-principal approval to convert 10,000 km of state roads to national highways (NHs). The Centre has been flooded with requests from different states and UTs for declaring nearly 50,000 km of state roads to NHs in the …
The Annual Plan outlay for Manipur for 2010-11 was on Wednesday finalised at Rs. 2,600 crore at a meeting here between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. During the discussions, Mr. Ahluwalia lauded the State Government for stepping up the pace of development …
GUWAHATI, March 16: Assam PWD Minister Ajanta Neog today informed the State Assembly that the Centre had already approved Rs 112 crore for the improvement of the 110-km National Highway-44 (Assam portion), considered the lifeline of the Barak Valley, and that the tendering process was under way in New Delhi. …
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 …
Shaking hands with Ramchandra Das is like clasping a stone. His hands are callused by 11 years of cutting a hill to build a road all by himself. Das’s only companions were a hammer and a spade. The four-metre kuccha road he completed in 2005 is the only connection between …
On february 15, the Union road transport minister, Kamal Nath, proposed an alternative route to avoid widening the national highway (NH) passing through the Pench tiger reserve. His ministry had till now been pushing for widening the road stretch on NH 7, connecting Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh with Nagpur in …
