Report by the District Magistrate, Agra in EA No. 34 of 2024 IN OA No. 338 of 2023 (Ravendra Singh Vs. NHAI & Ors.) dated January 21, 2025. The compliance report was in response to the NGT order of May 22, 2023 regarding the inaction of the authorities in cleaning …
Newly appointed surface transport and rural development minister Nitin Gadkari has drafted an ambitious green plan to plant 200 crore saplings on national highways across the country. Gadkari has been credited with the construction of the MumbaiPune Expressway and 55 flyovers in Mumbai. Prima facie, the plan may not take …
The government plans to plant 200 crore trees along the entire 1 lakh km National Highways network across the country to employ jobless youth. “The length of National Highways in the country is one lakh kilometre. I have asked officials to come out with a plan to plant 200 crore …
NASHIK: Environment activists and central public works department (CPWD) officials will conduct a joint inspection on Thursday of the trees planted at Sinnar in lieu of the ones that will face the axe for the widening of Nashik-Pune highway. Altogether 1,856 trees face the threat of the axe from Dwarka …
The Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) on Monday approved Rs 1.31 trillion national development budget for the next financial year 2014-15, which is 13.42 percent higher than the original budget of the outgoing fiscal year 2013-14. The APCC, which met under the chair of Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, …
Infrastructure projects are likely to get a major push under Modi's regime Land acquisition is the topmost hurdle in the execution of highway projects in the country and should be dealt with on a priority basis by the incoming government, a top official of the Ministry of Road Transport and …
The government has so far released over Rs 310.545 billion under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for various projects against total allocations of Rs 540 billion for the fiscal year 2013-14. According to the latest data of Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, Rs 48,269.400 million has been released for …
Order of the High Court of Orissa in the matter of Shri Diwan Chand Garg Vs Govt. of India represented through Secretary in Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi dated 14/05/2014 regarding & another regarding land acquisition for the National Highway No.5 Project, Khurda, Bhubaneswar.
The United States has pledged to provide $90 million for the construction of Kalat-Quetta-Chaman Highway (N-25), according to an agreement here signed on Monday. Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, National Highways Authority (NHA) Chairman Shahid Ashraf Tarrar and US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson signed the agreement. …
The government has so far released Rs 291.679 billion under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for various developmental projects in the country against the total allocations of Rs540 billion for fiscal year 2013-14. According to the latest data released by Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms upto April 25, Rs …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of S.Rajaseekaran Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 22/04/2014 regarding road accidents in India. The petitioner has set out detailed statistics published by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in the volume “Road Accidents in India 2010” …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rohit Choudhary Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 15/04/2014 regarding suspension of movement of trucks during night time during monsoon season on a stretch of National Highway 37 running through the Kaziranga National Park. The …
The government has so far released Rs. 191.807 billion under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for various projects against total allocations of Rs. 540 billion for the fiscal year 2013-14. According to the latest data of Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, Rs. 37,250.403 million has been released for various …
The 400-km-long Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway, expected to cost Rs 27,000 crore, is among the four expressways that may be scrapped unless the state governments concerned are prepared to take care of the land cost that includes resettlement and rehabilitation of the affected families under the new acquisition law, making completion of …
The World Bank has threatened to cancel its grants if the blacktopping of Salyan-Rukum road stretch on Rapti Highway is further delayed. In 2012, World bank had provided Rs 690 million to blacktop the road stretch. The bank’s Nepal-based representatives have warned that the grant amount will be taken back …
Considering the challenges being faced by the State in highways development, CII will soon come out with a report titled ‘Repositioning of National Highways in Kerala – 2030.’ The problems pertaining to highways in Kerala, according to CII, are worsening by the day and this is having an adverse impact …
Construction work of the Northern Expressway from capital Colombo to northernmost city of Jaffna has started, the Director General of the Road Development Authority (RDA) W.A.S. Weerasinghe said. According to the official, the 300-kilometer long highway will be constructed under four stages and the first stage of the project from …
The Government today decided to convert 7,200 km of state highways into national highways. “The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given nod for declaring 7,200 km of state highways as national highways,” a senior minister said after the meeting here. With this, the total length of the state …
The government has so far released Rs 182.597 billion under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for various projects against total allocations of Rs 540 billion for the fiscal year 2013-14. According to the latest data of Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, Rs 37,250.403 million has been released for various …
The Review Committee set up by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to review the Assam Government report on the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) stretch of the National Highway-37, has underlined the need to arrest the growth of human settlement along the …
The National Highway Authority (NHA) is committed to provide international standard road links to all parts of the country and for achievement of this target it is planning to build several new motorways and expressways. For achievement of this target,the NHA has planned to build several new motorways and highways …
