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 …
New Delhi: Amidst massive infrastructure development on the Indo-China border, the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Road Sector has endorsed four major road projects in Arunachal Pradesh at a cost of whopping 500 crore rupees. The proposal of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for the four BOT …
Roads and transport minister Kamal Nath issued an ultimatum to state public works departments (PWD) today, declaring that states must facilitate land acquisition for road construction and utilise previously appropriated funds, otherwise delayed projects would be foreclosed while new ones would become increasingly difficult to procure. Following a meeting with …
Work is yet to start on the two World Bank-funded road projects in Himachal, which are already running at least 12 months behind schedule. Even as the 11-member team of Chinese engineering experts has arrived in Himachal after the clearance of their visas under new norms, the actual work on …
RASHME SEHGAL Is the fate of one more tiger reserve in jeopardy? The National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) decision to slice the Pench tiger reserve in two by building a fourlane highway (N.H. 7) through it could well mean the death knell for the 30 tigers living in this …
Barun Roy / New Delhi January 28, 2010, 0:46 IST With a road space of only 7 per cent, a bad urban layout and a population of 13 mn, it needs a road traffic plan. If you want to know what rapid urbanisation can do to cities in the developing …
The High Court has directed the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to come out with an alternative solution in connection with the night traffic ban in Bandipur National Park. Hearing a petition by various organisations from Kerala challenging the ban, the division bench comprising Justice V Gopalagowda and Justice …
Subhash Chandra NS, Bangalore, Jan 26, DH News Service: The Deputy Commissioner of Chamarajanagar Manoj Kumar Meena, with his contrary orders related to the night traffic ban on two highway roads passing through Bandipur national park, has puzzled the wildlife enthusiasts. The case has become complicated, with the June 3, …
New Delhi: Highways minister Kamal Nath has warned developers of road projects where construction is behind schedule that if they fail to achieve the desired target, NHAI might declare them
''Lacunae in road engineering, rule enforcement and education cause accidents,'' said Additional Superintendent of Police Ramesh. Nitte University Vice chancellor Dr Shantaram Shetty distributing prizes to students who had won prizes in the essay competition as part of Road Safety week, in Manglore on Tuesday. DH photoAddressing the valedictory programme …
JAJPUR: The police fired rubber bullets in the air to disperse the tribals, protesting against the construction of a new road in Kalinga Nagar industrial complex area in Jajpur district on Tuesday. Two persons have been detained by the police for interrogation. The trouble began when about 500 tribals, including …
Road transport and highways minister Kamal Nath has asked his ministry to draft bidding documents for mega projects in such a manner that they did not exclude top domestic players from the bidding process. The direction follows objections raised by some major domestic infrastructure players over the ministry's plan to …
THE government will frame the bidding norms for mega highway projects to ensure participation by big highway developers such as L&T;, Reliance Infrastructure, GMR and GVK. It has decided to award mega road projects involving an investment of about Rs 5,000 crore following a suggestion by foreign road developers. Road …
The National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has agreed in principle to allow detailed project reports (DPR) of bridges of less than 60 metre span on the basis of preliminary projects drawings so that more projects could be funded. The matter was discussed during a meeting of high …
A sum of Rs 2 crore has been sanctioned for the widening of connectivity roads in Udupi, said Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa. Speaking after inaugurating Swarna II stage drinking water project in Udupi, he said Rs 13 crore will be sanctioned for acquiring the land for the widening of …
The road transport and highways ministry is drafting stringent bidding norms for mega-highway projects that could possibly leave even large Indian players out of the fray. This is in sharp contrast to what the ministry has argued so far with the Planning Commission with regard to the bidding document
