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 …
PC assures over Rs 500 cr under CSS State to get development monitored through NABCONS JAMMU: In a significant achievement for Chief Minister Omar Abdullah headed Government, the Planning Commission (PC) today approved the State
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week asked road transport and highways minister CP Joshi to expedite award of highway projects to achieve the 20-km-a-day road construction target as soon as possible. However, Joshi is reported to have said the target would be met only by 2014. In an interview with …
With the Prime Minister stressing on the importance of improving connectivity in extremist-affected areas, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has drawn out a plan to invest Rs 10,000 crore on building four-lane highways in J&K.; Seen as a medium for development and antidote to rising anti-national activities, four …
The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) has cleared project worth Rs.1,255 crore for widening the strategic Nechipu-Hoj road to two-lane national highway standards on BOT (annuity) basis under the Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads and Highways. The cost of the project including civil cost, land acquisition and preconstruction activities and …
To bridge the infrastructure deficit in both quality and quantity, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the road transport and highways ministry and NHAI to expedite the awarding of projects. The PM said at a review meeting that he expected the NHAI and ministry to exceed its target of awarding …
10 villages to benefit from the 112 metre long bridge Mangalore: Villagers in about 10 villages between Panimeru and Padyarabettu-Hosangadi were having a tough time to reach the main road as there was no connecting road or bridge in the past. However, this monsoon they can travel easily with the …
In Greater Noida, farmers resist fiercely attempts to take over their land for the Yamuna expressway and a hi-tech city. A farmer who was injured in the May 7 clashes between farmers and the police at Bhatta and Parsaul villages in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh rests at …
Recently several villages near Delhi which fall in the Yamuna Expressway area have been rocked by violence. In the clashes between policeman and farmers, several farmers as well as policemen have been killed while many more have been injured. The question that arises in the middle of all this destruction …
No survey work till final decision is taken, says farmer leaders The Land Owners Federation of Highway Corridor demanded that a compensation of ` 1.5 crore per acre should be given to those farmers who lose their land for the proposed NICE project on Bangalore-Mysore Highway. The farmer leaders who …
The Asian Development Bank has made a pledge of $23 million to Bangladesh as technical assistance loan for a series of regional transport projects. Under the proposed Sub-regional Transport Project Preparatory Facility, the loan will facilitate the scheme for cross-border routes identified in Saarc's Regional Multimodal Transport Study, ADB officials …
The ministry of environment and forests has given the go ahead for the diversion of 196.75 hectares of forest land for the construction of a road from National Highway 54 in Mizoram to the Indo-Myanmar border for the Kaladan multi-modal transport facility project. The proposal was discussed and cleared at …
New Delhi The Planning Commission has decided to appoint consultants to ensure that draft concession agreements on national highway projects are technically sound. The commission wants to be confident that the technical specifications of the projects are as tight as possible so as to prevent time and cost overruns, which …
The vacation bench of the Bombay high court refused to give any interim relief to residents of Ghodbunder road in Thane, who have challenged the construction of a flyover connecting to the Mumbai-Nashik highway. Justice KK Tated, observing that there was no urgency to hear the petition adjourned the hearing …
COIMBATORE: The Tamilaga Vivasayigal Sangam has convened a meeting of farmers, to be held on May 17, to decide on the future course of action regarding the move to acquire agricultural lands for highway projects. Farmers arrest The president of the association, M.R. Sivasamy, criticised the Mayawati Government in Uttar …
The Chief Minister, Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy, has put the final approval of the HMDA Master Plan on hold as he wanted certain changes made including enhancing the green cover in the Master Plan. During the third HMDA board meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, various issues were discussed including …
In a bid to introduce greater transparency in the road sector, the transport ministry on Tuesday said it has fixed the monthly monitorable targets for road building and will bid out all projects beginning August through the e-tendering process.
The strategically important Srinagar-Leh National Highway was thrown open to vehicular traffic today after it remained closed for more than five months due to heavy snowfall. The highway was thrown open by the General-Officer-in-Commanding of Srinagar-based 15 Corps of the Army, Lt-Gen SA Hasnain.
Pushing ahead with its largest urbanisation project, the UP government has given the go-ahead for development planning of Phase II of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority. Final touches are being given to the conceptual draft plan of Phase I. Bangalore-based Groupe SCE India Pvt Ltd, which made the plan …
