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 …
The Highways and Road Development Ministry will spend around Rs. 189.4 million funded by the Kuwait Government to expedite the reconstruction and renovation of the stretch of road between Peradeniya and Gannoruwa. Acting Highways and Road Development Minister T.B. Ekanayake directed to accelerate renovation immediately to solve the traffic congestion …
The Karnataka government has released Rs. 200 crore as special grant for road development works in 114 backward taluks, according to Minister for Public Works C.M. Udasi. He told presspersons on Friday that the special grant would be spent only for road works in the backward taluks as roads were …
RAMNAGAR : Minister for Road and Bridges, Jugal Kishore Sharma asserted that under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Central Government has released funds worth Rs.1200 crore for construction of 400 new roads in the state under Prime Ministers Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) to extend road …
The Jammu and Kashmir government is spending Rs 500 crore to raise 40 important infrastructure projects including construction of roads and bridges in Kashmir division, a senior official said on Sunday. Work has already started on 32 projects, Mehboob Iqbal, divisional commissioner, Kashmir said while addressing a meeting convened here …
Till date the southern states were infamous for boundary disputes. But this malaise seems to have spread to the north-east where Assam and Meghalaya are locked in a border row over a remote village Lampih following the potential discovery of uranium in this tiny hamlet. To ensure that Lampih remains …
UDHAMPUR : A team of National Conference visited far flung areas of Chenani block and took stock of public problems. The team was headed by Lal Chand Mussafir, district vice president. They visited villages Bhatla-Madha, Pachote and Kither of Chenani tehsil and convened party meetings at various places. The residents …
Bhopal : With utmost attention of the state government to construction and upgradation of road communication Madhya Pradesh has witnessed a remarkable improvement in the road network over last four and half years. This has given a fillip to the development process besides making life of people more convenient. The …
JAMMU : Pradesh Janta Dal (Secular) expressed concern over the pending work of Bhadarwah-Chamba road despite the release of Rs 80 crores by the central government. As per a press release, its acting president Mast Nath Yogi alleged that since the announcement of the start of work on the said …
Close on the heels of sanctioning of the double laning of the Stilwell Road which connects Myanmar to India; the Centre has accorded top priority to another road project in Arunachal Pradesh which will connect Tawang near the China border at one end to Bogibeel in Dibrugarh district in Asom …
The sulphur content of diesel in India is 350 particles per million, twenty times that of the United States. Diesel exhaust is far more hazardous than petrol exhaust. Yet, diesel cars in Indian cities are rising with the association of automobile manufacturers pushing hard for it.
Government is set to get tough to ensure road worthiness of commercial vehicles, including public transport buses, plying on the roads. Taking a serious view of the poor condition of many of the vehicles plying on the roads, the Government is set to come out with new automated inspection and …
The state government will seek funds from the World Bank for implementing major tunnel projects planned to improve road connectivity in the state. Presiding over a meeting of senior officers PWD minister Gulab Singh said here today that the state electricity board had been asked to prepare a detailed and …
Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, Vidarbha's star tourist attraction, is buzzing with activity. Inside the 625.40 sq km reserve, excavators are hard at work, digging up earth for an ambitious road-building project. Strips of forest, several metres wide, have been cleared alongside existing roads. Outside, along the fringes of the reserve, …
At least 31 people have been killed by tigers from Tadoba since April 2005, according to forest department records. But only two of these killings took place inside the reserve. The rest occurred in the thickly forested Mul, Shioni, Talodhi, Nagbhid and Brahmapuri forest ranges adjoining the reserve's eastern border, …
Monsoon is not far away. According to meteorological scientists it might come earlier. Heavy rain during monsoon washes away a lot of road. Moreover, the low quality roads cannot stand even light rains. Condition of roads is not that good in the State. Several roads start becoming worn out soon …
The stretch of the Indo-Bangla border road project executed by the State PWD would be completed by May 15, said State Assembly' Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Brindaban Goswami quoting the PWD authorities, here on Wednesday. The State PWD is executing the project in a stretch of 206 km. However, …
At a district-level meeting of officials and representatives of different departments presided over by Gautam Ganguly, Deputy Commissioner, Cachar, at the Conference Hall, implementation of various schemes and projects came up for threadbare discussion. It was made known that the Agriculture Department would make available power pumps to the beneficiaries …
