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 …
When the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) uprooted his roadside shack on National Highway (NH) 1 in Haryana's Shahbad town in 2009, Sahib Singh built a shop on wheels. Every time the highway officials harassed him, the 40-year-old mechanic simply moved his workshop to a less contentious location. But …
The state government has chalked out plans to improve conditions of 2,158 km State Highways at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore in four years. For the first phase, 381 km of road projects involving expenditure of around Rs 633 crore have been put to tender. The state has introduced …
The Centre has lifted a moratorium on environment clearance for new industries in 'highly-polluting' Haldia and Asansol after "pollution controlling norms" were complied with, West Bengal Environment Minister Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar said here Thursday. The sectors that fell under the ban include oil and gas exploration, refineries, petrochemicals, power, coal …
Planning Commission of Pakistan has so far released Rs 54.085 billion under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for various projects against the total allocations of Rs 540 billion for the fiscal year 2013-14. According to latest data of Planning Commission of Pakistan, out of these allocations, Rs 7243.403 million …
In a bid to boost infrastructure in North Eastern region, the government on Friday approved three important highway projects in Assam entailing Rs 2,130 crore expenditure under Special Accelerated Road Development Programme (SARDP). "The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for four-laning of Numaligarh to Jorhat, Jorhat …
The State Government has set a target to improve 2,158 km of State Highways to two-lane standards during the 12th Plan period. The double-laning of the roads will be taken under the State Highway Development Project (SHDP) with an estimated cost of around Rs 3,000 crore. A project management cell …
Major road projects across Haryana, including a six-lane flyover along National Highway-8 at Hero Honda Chowk on Delhi-Jaipur road, have been approved by the Centre. The decision was taken at a meeting between Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Oscar Fernandes in …
New Delhi : The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) on Monday sought to give a fillip to the tottering economy by clearing infrastructure projects with projected investments of Rs 2 lakh crore. The CCI, headed by the prime minister, also gave definite directions to the administrative ministries concerned to complete …
NEW DELHI: At least 40% of highway projects that are yet to take off even after award are likely to be scrapped for default on the part of developers and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). In the last few days, NHAI has decided to terminate at least five such …
Gujarat is turning greener, at least in its villages. This was mainly because tree cover along fields is increasing. The recent count by the social forestry department reveals that of the 30.14 crore trees in the state, 61.05% are on farmland. There are 18.40 crore trees on farmland. Apart from …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the Centre and the Assam government’s responses on a plea opposing expansion of the National Highway 37 stretch running through Kaziranga National Park on the grounds that it would lead to the deaths of wild animals due to road accidents. A bench headed …
New agriculture minister approves previous govt.’s plan despite environmental concerns Road: People of Lhuentse could see their long held dream, the 67km Shingkhar-Gorgan highway that runs through a core tiger habitat at Thrumshingla park come through, as the newly elected agriculture minister commits to back the plan. “I’ve gone through …
The government will support 44 large projects this fiscal‚ of which 21 are of national pride and the remaining have been identified as central-level projects KATHMANDU: The government will spend Rs 44.86 billion for developing large-scale projects nationwide this fiscal year, which is almost 19 per cent of the total …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the Centre and the Assam government's responses on a plea opposing expansion of the National Highway 37 stretch running through Kaziranga National Park on the ground that it would lead to death of wild animals due to road accidents. A bench headed by …
The Centre on Tuesday approved a Rs 588-crore highway project in Karnataka under its flagship road building programme. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cleared the four laning of NH-212 from Kollegal to Kerala border. The project will be developed under build-operate-transfer (toll) mode. …
“Loss of reproduction owing to disturbance on account of heavily-used infrastructure like highways” is one of the reasons for decline of tiger population, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said in the Lok Sabha on Monday. She told Bhausaheb Wakchaure in a written reply that the general causes also include mortality of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jyoti Mishra & Ors Vs MoEF & Ors, And Rayons-Enlightening Humanity & Anr Vs MoEF & Ors, AndInvertis University Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 05/08/2013 regarding dumping of the Municipal Solid Waste at the National Highway -24 from …
The Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee will seek the apex court's intervention to expedite construction work of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway, which is already delayed by five years. It has also asked all stakeholder states in the other half of the ring bypass for Delhi - the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) …
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has agreed to provide a US$ 30 million loan to Bangladesh to fund a road expansion project in the country, said an ADFD statement. When implemented under the South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Road Connectivity Project, it will upgrade the 70-km portion of …
Capital Development Authority (CDA) has allocated Rs 334 million for the addition of 3rd and 4th lane to the Kashmir Highway from Peshawar Morr to Golra Morr. This amount was approved in the CDA budget for the financial year 2013-14. The project, which is to be completed at a cost …
