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Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding thousands of trees facing danger due to illegal mining, Rupnagar district, Punjab, 19/03/2025

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 …

MBA aspirant sources waste plastic to help make sturdier roads

New Delhi: With a ban on plastic bags enforced in the Capital, the largest ever project to utilise plastic is underway. The Public Works Department, with the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), is working on a project to lay roads made from a plastic-inclusive hot mix. And helping them in …

Leaking water pipelines damaging roads

While the residents of New and Old Lalazar Rah-e-aman and Adiala decry the pathetic condition of various roads in their areas, messy situation due to leaking water pipelines in the area remains unchanged. The residents complained that they have been asking the authorities to repair the leaking pipelines, which is …

Colombo- Katunayake Highway work expedited

Under the instructions of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Highways and Road Development Minister T. B. Ekanayake had taken steps to speed up the completion of Colombo- Katunayake Highway. Highways and Road Development Ministry Media Secretary Shirantha Premawardena told The Island yesterday, plans were afoot to complete the project within 39 months. …

Power along Mankulam road

The CEB has restored electricity supply along the Mankulam road covering a distance of 35 km from Omana to Mankulam under the Power and Energy Ministry

Project to develop 31 rural roads

The Hakmana Pradeshiya Sabha has taken measures to develop 31 rural roads in the Hakmana area under the "Maga Neguma" development project. The Ministry of Road Development has voted Rs. 20.5 million for this project. Out of the total amount of the allocations Rs. 10.5 million would be utilised for …

State to redefine highway comfort

- Rs 2.65cr for wayside amenities, project to kick off after elections Tourist special Ranchi, April 3: Tourists in Jharkhand can look forward to a relaxing visit. The state tourism department, in collaboration with private partners, has decided to set up hotels, wayside facilities and other amenities at 28 spots. …

46 trees `disappear' in three years

MUMBAI: Exactly 46 trees have simple vanished along Nepean Sea Road in the last three years. A 2006 BMC plan for Nepean Sea Road showed 235 trees on the stretch of road between Mukesh Chowk and Embassy apartment. The BMC, which is currently in the process of widening this stretch, …

Jumbo highway: Rlys drag feet on flyover for elephants

New Delhi: The Railways have not yet responded to National Highway Authority of India

NICE road: HC quashes notification

Bangalore, DH News Service: Environmentalist Suresh Heblikar had moved the High Court in the year 1999 challenging the alignment which bisected the lake, on the ground that the construction would disturb water inflow to the lake. The High Court has quashed the government notification that altered the alignment of NICE …

Taj conservation: SC fines ministry, ASI

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday took a tough stand on repeated adjournment pleas by Government departments and imposed costs on the Ministry of Environment (MoE) and ASI in a case related to Taj Mahal

New technology to nurture, repair roads

Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: This novel technology of road repair could be an eye opener for state roads, building departments and the seven municipal corporations of Gujarat. New micro surfacing method of road repair introduced in Gujarat for the first time by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) not …

SC norms on road works flouted

Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, DH News Service: Even as the Supreme Court has referred construction of a road through Pushpagiri sanctuary in Kodagu to Central Empowered Committee, another case of violation of the Apex Court guidelines has come to light. The State has now taken up widening of the …

Hydrogen-run three-wheelers planned for Indian roads

MoU signed by UN agency with Indian partners Sandeep Joshi NEW DELHI: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)

A place in the Sun

Mumbai: While Maharashtra reels under a power crisis, Mumbai citizens are doing their bit to save electricity. The 200-m long walkway along the newly-renovated promenade at Bandra

Corporation to develop model roads in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation is planning to convert three major stretches in the city into model roads at Rs.5.5 crore. The scheme and the allocation of funds were announced in the Corporation

Work at NH 28 stopped to help stray tiger move into forest

The work of road construction at the National Highway, NH 28, near the Sitrampurmajha village in Basti district has been stopped to allow a stray tiger to move into Sohelwa forest via the Gonda reserve forest. The tiger had strayed from Ghazipur and had moved into Basti district and has …

Govt clears 7 projects worth 5k cr

THE government has cleared two port projects and five highway projects with a total cost of Rs 5,220 crore to be executed jointly by private developers and various government agencies, the finance ministry said on Tuesday. A panel chaired by economic affairs secretary Ashok Chawla said the largest project by …

States pip NHAI in PPP road projects

Anirban Chowdhury / New Delhi March 4, 2009, 0:24 IST Companies find the terms in the bidding documents for state projects much more attractive. National highway projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme have found few takers, but state highway projects under the same route are getting record response in …

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