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 …
Pune, August 19 In a major relief to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), the Union government on Tuesday approved Rs 511 crore additional funds for roadwork, including BRTS, being implemented under JNNURM. Of this, the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) roads get Rs 165 crore though there are only about 50 days …
DH News Service, Kolar: An action plan to identify and implement various projects for an amount of Rs 551.63 lakh, released under the SFC scheme, was passed unanimously by the members of the Kolar City Municipal Council, at a special meeting organised here on Tuesday. The action plan was created, …
Mumbai, August 9 Finding an ecological solution to reuse polythene and plastic waste, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation laid a 100-metre stretch of road at Dadar using plastic and asphalt. This stretch on Prof V S Agashe Road near the Kohinoor Technical Institute in Dadarwas laid by the civic body's Road …
About 10 lakh inhabitants of six upazilas in Patuakhali district are suffering as half of the 150 km roads connecting the areas is in a deplorable condition. Large potholes on those roads cause nuisance for passengers as buses, loaded trucks and others vehicles often get stuck there while the situation …
The Institute, established in 1948, is a National Research Laboratory under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research New Delhi India. The institute is an ISO 9001 certified organisation for providing services in Road and Transport Research. Highway Engineering, Pavement design & maintenance, Traffic & Transport planning, Geotechnical and Bridge …
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has embarked on a grand project of four- and/or six-laning of the existing roads to a target of 14,000 km, especially the east-west and north-south corridors. This is a good thing because the country needs proper roads for its development and road construction …
NEW DELHI: Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra has urged Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to look into the miserable condition of roads maintained by the Public Works Department in the Capital. Addressing a press conference here, Ms. Mehra said: "The Chief Minister and her government have criticised the poor maintenance of roads …
The Eleventh Five Year Plan has set an ambitious target of increasing total investment in infrastructure from around 5% of GDP in the base year of the Plan 2006-07 to 9% by the terminal year 2011-2012. This paper provides an assessment of the investment required by the Central and State …
Students of Noakhali Govt College formed a human chain in front of court building in the district town on Sunday demanding repair of the college road. Several hundred students of the college participated in the programme from 10:00am to 1:00pm to press for their demand. The students also submitted memorandums …
Punjab Government plans 75 projects at Rs.25,000 crore CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has chalked out an ambitious plan to implement over 75 projects, including expressways, flying clubs, super-speciality hospitals, ring roads and five-star hotels, on which approximately Rs.25,000 crore would be spent. According to an official release here quoting the …
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Cabinet on Wednesday decided to upgrade five roads on a build-operate-and-transfer basis at a total cost of Rs.537.54 crore, according to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. These are Chandimandir-Jallah road, Bhuria-Khadri-Deodhar-Nainawali road, Yamunanagar-Ladwa-Karnal road, Gurgaon-Faridabad road and Ballabhgarh-Pali-Dhauj-Sohna road. The Chief Minister said a feasibility study of …
DH News Service, Bangalore: Public Works Minister C M Udasi on Tuesday told the legislative assembly that the government will not construct roads in forests as it would be against the forest conservation legislation. However, basic amenities would be provided to the human settlements in the neighbourhood of villages. Replying …
The Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) of the Delhi government has given its nod to seven projects worth Rs 347 crores. The approved projects include four of the PWD department and one each to power, land and building and Irrigation and flood control departments. Delhi finance minister A.K. Walia stated that …
Hyderabad, July 22: The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) is planning to go for another round of land acquisition. This time it is for the radial roads project, which connects the Inner Ring Road with the Outer Ring Road. Several residential, commercial and defence properties will be acquired for widening …
The World Bank has approved the Orissa State Road Project (OSRP) following a protracted negotiation with senior officials of the state government. The $250-million assistance will support improvement of 461 km of state arterial roads and bridges in two phases. In the first phase of the project, 204 km will …
It's not the NH-60 for which people residing in northern region of Balasore have to face flood fury time and again, but the bridges on the NH, which have proved more a bane than a boon for people. The bridges were built for smooth passage of water but it is …
Pune, July 20 The Indian Society of Lighting Engineers (ISLE) in association with MIT Lighting Research Academy and CIRT. held a national workshop on street Lighting at CIRT Bhosari The workshop was held to discuss various aspects of street lighting and suggest effective solutions for the benefit of the public …
Gunjan Pradhan Sinha NEW DELHI LONG drives would be a taxing exercise soon. The government is planning to develop all future highways through build, operate and transfer (BOT) model that would necessarily have toll component. Private companies would be awarded road projects on BOT basis and they would charge a …
The government is to borrow additional funds from the World Bank for several several development projects, a minister said. Cabinet approved finance agreements with the IDA branch of the World Bank to get additional funding for the North East Housing Reconstruction Project (SDR 26.2 million), for the Road Sector Assistance …
