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 …
ITANAGAR: Residents of Hollongi area in Papum Pare district have opposed the way land is being acquisitioned by the administration for four-lanning of the NH52A. After a futile meeting today at Patilla Middle School campus, the villagers resolved to launch a non cooperation movement on August 30 and 31 when …
Upset with delays in the implementation of highway projects, the World Bank has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to look for alternative ways of awarding highway contracts to private companies. Till now, funding from the World Bank for the National Highway Development Project has been confined to …
The Madras High Court on Tuesday upheld a single judge's order setting aside land acquisition orders covering 35.48 acres at Kalappatty in Coimbatore (North) taluk on the national highway to Avinasi. Dismissing the appeal filed by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board challenging the single judge's order, the First Bench, comprising …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written a letter to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways C.P Joshi urging for an early decision on handing over to the State Government the National Highways passing through Madhya Pradesh. The Chief Minister has written in his letter that a resolution has …
At a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today under passed a resolution to be sent to the Central Government urging it to hand over ten National Highways passing through Madhya Pradesh to the State Government. After these National Highways are handed over to Madhya Pradesh Government, …
Four Months To Deadline For Completion, Project Yet To Be Awarded New Delhi: The Eastern Peripheral Expressway, an ambitious project to decongest the city by diverting traffic through national highways, is still hanging fire. The Supreme Court set up a panel to monitor progress, procedural clearances were given by central …
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, connecting the state with the rest of the country, was closed to traffic today due to a landslide, triggered by heavy rain in Ramban district.The highway was closed after the landslide at Digdol and falling of boulders at Panthal in Ramban district in the morning, the …
New Delhi The much-talked about National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, is likely to be introduced in Parliament during the current monsoon session, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said here on Thursday. ‘‘The Bill is in public domain to get suggestions and comments. I am in touch …
With developers bidding aggressively in roads and highways projects, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) may borrow much less than the proposed Rs 1,91,000 crore in its financing plan for national highway constructions till 2031. In 30 years, the authority could manage to get a premium of Rs 77,000 …
Sector Gets Massive Pvt Investment, Premium; Trend Reverses In 18 Mths New Delhi: Highway developers are forking out premium to construct projects in a reversal from the past trend when the government paid a subsidy. Of the 15 projects awarded so far In 2011, 10 projects have yielded a premium …
New Delhi: One of the key provisions of the land bill – banning acquisition of irrigated land – could create infrastructure bottlenecks in states with well developed agriculture such as Punjab, Harayana and Uttar Pradesh. The draft bill notes that the government does not envisage acquiring any multi-crop irrigated land …
GVK has emerged as the frontrunner to develop and operate the 330 km stretch Shivpuri-Dewas national highway in Madhya Pradesh. On opening of the bids here today, the company emerged as the best bidder by offering an annual premium of Rs 180.9 crore to NHAI. The premium will increase by …
New Delhi After series of discussion with the National Advisory Council (NAC) and the Planning Commission, the government on Friday unveiled the National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, for wider public consultations. While ruling out acquisition of multi-cropped and irrigated land, the Bill, however, has allowed the …
ITANAGAR: Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin has urged the Centre to give environmental clearances to various projects including numerous hydro power projects and the ambitious Trans Arunachal Highway project for speeding up their execution without any hurdles. Calling on Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan at …
There will be no increase in the existing forest cover of Punjab, despite the fact that the state government has started a massive tree plantation drive during the monsoons
Dhubri erosion displaces hundreds - Concrete roads proposed for island; erosion threatens NH31 About a hundred families of Ward 3, located along the bank of the Brahmaputra, have been displaced here since last night. Unabated erosion by the Gangadhar also engulfed huge areas near National Highway 31 near Beer Chilarai …
NHAI to award 7,994-km highway projects in the current financial year; steel, cement and bitumen companies to benefit most. Consumption of cement, steel, and bitumen is to get a boost of Rs 42,000 crore, as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced to award 7,994 km of highway …
Heavy rain lashed Uttara Kannada district from Friday morning but people finally had a respite on Sunday. The rain had caused heavy damage in the district. The coastal taluks of the district bore the brunt as ghat areas witnessed heavy rain resulting in overflowing of rivers. Residents of the Gurumath …
An eight-year-old girl was washed away as she tried to cross an overflowing nullah on her way to school in Tilwari Bur village of Kalsi near here while it was pouring heavily on Friday, the police said. Altogether 16 persons have lost their lives in rain-related mishaps in Uttarakhand over …
Kohima : Incessant medium to heavy downpour throughout Nagaland has caused landslides in all the districts and damaged roads, cultivated lands and other property over a month. According to official sources here today, NH-29
