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 …
The four-lane work of a crucial National Highway stretch is waiting for a nod from the high-level National Board for Wildlife as it passes through the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary. Otherwise, the project on the 163.5km highway stretch between Ranchi-Rargaon-Jamshedpur (till Ghatshila) has received clearances from all state departments concerned, including …
India’s phenomenal economic growth over the last decade has been accompanied by a much-needed expansion and improvement in transport and other infrastructure networks. While there are legally mandated assessments of the potential ecological impacts of such infrastructure projects prior to implementation, rarely are there post-implementation assessments of their real ecological …
A meeting of the executive body of the Botanical Society of Assam held recently expressed its strong concern at the felling of several thousand mature trees along roadsides in the name of construction of four-lane national highway in Assam. Although it was necessary to remove those trees for the purpose, …
After a delay of four years over environmental clearances, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has come up with a new solution to widen India’s longest highway NH 7 through Pench Tiger Reserve. NHAI would provide 13 underpasses for animals over a stretch of 9 kilometres and reduce the standard …
The arduous trek to Kashmir may soon be a thing of the past. A new passage to Srinagar now under construction will not only bring the regions of Jammu and Kashmir closer but will also end the isolation of the valley from the rest of the country. State-of-the-art tunnels A …
A report prepared by the World Bank’s Institutional Integrity Unit has listed “fraudulent and corrupt” practices by private Indian contractors working on national highway projects funded by it, and sought a thorough investigation into the matter. Contractors paid bribes and gifts, including gold coins, to “influence the actions” of officials …
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is UPA's man with the political Midas touch. He needs to lend some of that magic to lift the economy out of its morass. By the Government's own estimate, the economy is expected to grow by a mere 6.9 per cent in 2011-12, a sharp decline …
JAMMU: Keeping in view the welfare of general public, the State Government will soon bring the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation Bills in the Assembly by amending the present Act to bring it at par with Central Act likely to be passed by Parliament in the ongoing session. This was stated …
As its contribution for the construction of the 135.6 km long Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved transfer of Rs 621 crores to the National Highway Authority of India as its contribution for construction of the Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway, which is also called the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal …
Guwahati, March 14: Assam will get US $ 320 million from the World Bank to improve and manage its road network. Under the project, 500km of priority sections of the state highways will be improved, the public works (roads) department will be modernised and new technology will be promoted for …
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has seen an increase of over 47 per cent in its land acquisition cost in the current financial year. The highways authority now plans to use about 70 per cent of the proceeds raised through Rs 10,000-crore tax-free bonds in acquiring land for …
With land acquisition being a major challenge for undertaking projects in the metropolis, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) plans to follow a model from Gujarat where land owners are made partners in the developmental projects. The MMRDA, which plans to develop a 126-km-long multi-modal corridor(MMC) running from Virar …
Works to be completed within 27 months: Palani Manickam The National Highways Department has sanctioned Rs.1,402 crore for laying four-lane on the national highway from Vikkiravandi to Thanjavur, said S. S. Palani Manickam, Union Minister of State for Finance, here on Friday. He told reporters that the works would be …
GUWAHATI: The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Paban Singh Ghatowar has said that his Ministry has sanctioned 162 projects for an amount of about Rs 1800 crore to Aunachal Pradesh since its inception. Addressing the …
The government has invited bids for about 15 projects worth . 20,000 crore to widen 2,000 km of highways, opening up a big opportunity for companies such as L&T;, GMR, Reliance Infrastructure and Gammon and helping the National Highway Authority of India inch closer to its target. In 2011-12, NHAI …
A march was taken out to the district collectorate under the aegis of the NH 17 Joint Protest Committee on Wednesday, demanding the immediate construction of a four-lane road using the 30 metre land acquired for the widening of the Edappally-Moothakunnam stretch of the National Highway. Protestors, including women, nuns, …
The Government has approved three highway projects in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Orissa that entail an investment of Rs 3,412 crore, under the National Highways Development Project. The projects include Rs 1,114.27 crore scheme in Rajasthan, Rs 828 crore contract in Tamil Nadu and Rs 1,469.90 crore in Orissa. “The …
Landslides and shooting stones on Wednesday blocked the Srinagar-Jammu highway even as the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) started road clearance operations early morning, an official said. According to an official of the BRO, there were landslides in Panthal and Khoni Nallah areas and fresh snowfall in Bannihal and Patnitop sectors …
Infrastructure Company C&C; Constructions is investing . 2,000 crore for widening 200 km of National Highways in Bihar, adding to the growing number of companies that are eyeing business opportunities in the backward but rapidly growing state. The company is involved in highway projects that cover some of the most …
To help upgrade 367 km of State highways The World Bank (WB) has agreed to fund a high-tech building to house the headquarters of the Public Works Department. It will also fund the upgrade of 367 km of State highways under the second phase of the Kerala State Transport Project …
