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 …
PHNOM PENH, Nov 19 – Come 2016 and one can drive all the way from the North-East to Mae Sot in Thailand, with India, Myanmar and Thailand managing to firm up a date for completion of the ambitious trilateral highway project. The projected date of completion was announced by Prime …
Sri Lanka has received an additional US$ 98 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to develop the national and provincial roads in the country's war-torn North. The Finance and Planning Ministry said the additional financing will be used to rehabilitate 200 kilometers of 19 roads under the Northern …
New Delhi: The Haryana government is working out details of its ambitious plan to buy out the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway from the private concessionaire as a way to end traffic jams on the toll plaza. In an exclusive interview with TOI, Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the state wanted …
The cabinet yesterday approved a proposal for removing 5,696 trees from the natural forests beside Joydebpur-Mymensingh highway to implement a road development project. The approval was given by partially relaxing a 2010 cabinet decision that restricts tree felling from reserved and natural forests till 2015, Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain …
In 2011-12, projects covering 7,994 km were awarded After a three-month lull, the government has set the ball rolling for giving out Rs 14,000-crore worth of national highway projects. About 40 companies will be in the fray for 30-odd projects in this tranche. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) …
Law Ministry Will Hold Consultations On Ways To Expedite Green Nod New Delhi: The law ministry will hold a meeting of all departments concerned on November 8 to find a solution to expedite green clearances for road projects. The meeting has been convened after the environment ministry flagged that any …
National highways will now be constructed on the concepts of spot improvement and corridor redevelopment to take the financial burden off the government and make it more public-friendly. Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways C. P. Joshi has approved two pilot projects in this regard. At the Hero Honda …
NEW DELHI The Cabinet committee on infrastructure on Thursday cleared highway projects worth . 1,500 crore, the government said. The projects, to be executed under phase IV of the national highway development program (NHDP), include widening of the Rajsamand–Bhilwara section of National Highway 758 in Rajasthan to four lanes. The …
The Ministry of Environment & Forests from 13.07.2011 to 12.07.2012 accorded environmental clearance under the EIA Notification, 2006 to 209 development projects in the sectors of industry (Steel & Cement), Thermal Power, River Valley and Hydro-electric, Coal and Non-Coal Mining and National Highways, and approval to 1126 proposals involving diversion …
It also cleared a project worth over Rs 600 crore for two-laning of Salasar-Haryana Border section of NH-65 The government today approved Rs 899.24 crore investment proposal for building a section of National Highway 758 in Rajasthan. It also cleared a project worth over Rs 600 crore for two-laning of …
New Delhi: Ahead of the likely announcement of toll hike on the Delhi-Agra stretch of NH-2, which will be expanded from four to six lanes, a section of commuters have objected to higher charges till services on the stretch improves. The toll charges are likely to be doubled as soon …
In what spells trouble for the infrastructure sector, around Rs 25,000-crore highways projects are awaiting funding and seeking extension of financial closure deadline. These projects constitute 23 packages and comprise 2,500 km of construction. The project award pace of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has also slowed down …
Don’t allow vehicles to take a U-turn to enter Ambience Mall during peak hours: High Court to DGSCL The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday lifted the stay on toll collection during peak hours (8.30 am to 10 am and 5.30 pm to 7 pm) on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway. …
India's ambitious plans to build thousands of kilometers of roads each year have hit a roadblock, with construction companies short of cash and banks becoming increasingly reluctant to lend because of chronic problems in getting environmental approvals and in acquiring land -- which can take several months or even years. …
KOLKATA, 2 OCT: The much-touted West Bengal Highway Development Corporation (WBHDCL) may end up as a non-starter due to the land-acquisition policy of the state government which has made the expansion of highways almost impossible. Officials have ruled out any land acquisition for the improvement of the existing highways and …
Will cut travel time to three hours from the present seven The Samajwadi Party government’s first major road project — the 270-kilometre Agra-Lucknow Greenfield Expressway — will be built through the PPP (public-private participation) mode. The green signal for the ambitious project was given at a Cabinet meeting chaired by …
New Delhi: Should the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway be bought back by the government and nationalized? With indications that the 32-lane toll plaza will not be able to handle the rise in traffic flow in the coming years, demands for such a course of action are getting louder. The private concessionaire has …
Cars use more space, crowd the road and move far fewer people. Our educated road planners must count people, not vehicles I write this stuck in traffic. Nothing unusual. But my location makes me realise, once again, how our highway route to progress is going nowhere. The road I am …
New Delhi The government on Thursday approved nine road projects of 1,226 km and worth R11,597 crore from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, as part of its effort to give an impetus to investments and accelerate economic growth. A finance ministry statement said on Thursday that the relevant …
Private commuters driving on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway will enjoy a toll-free ride at least till Tuesday. Extending the period of toll suspension for private vehicles, Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday allowed the expressway contractor to collect toll from commercial vehicles with immediate effect. The court also asked why …
