Highways

Report by the District Magistrate, Agra waterlogging and inadequate drainage systems along the 12 km stretch of road constructed by the National Highways Authority of …

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 …

NH a mirage for Kodagu district

Popularly known as Kashmir of South India, the coffee land and the land which gives birth to Cauvery is geographically a unique land. Even the weather, environment, community, culture and tradition are also different from other districts. The problems of the region also differ. After the delimitation, the Assembly constituencies …

Land hunt to start for NH project

The process of land acquisition between Asanboni in Seraikela-Kharsawan and Galudih in East Singhbhum for the proposed four-laning of NH-33 will begin soon. Road construction department secretary N.N. Sinha said the survey for project, covering a stretch of 110km (Asanboni to Galudih), which had begun three months ago, had been …

Farmers seek hike in NH-4 land loss compensation

Even as the work on National Highway-4 is expected to be completed by July this year, thousands of applications seeking upward revision of compensation for land acquisition are awaiting disposal. As much as 17.46 lakh square meters of land has been acquired for the stretch from K R Puram to …

"I have brought in accountability"

To achieve his target of building 20 km of national highways per day, Highways Minister Kamal Nath seems to have it all figured out

After Bt brinjal, Ramesh battles for green projects

After the public feuding over Bt brinjal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is at the centre of another policy dispute with ministries of road transport and commerce for holding up critical development and industrial projects. Among the projects held up for clearance is a highway construction through Pench tiger reserve, part …

My ministry is not blocking highway projects: Ramesh

To say that the Union environment ministry has been blocking national highway projects is not factual, said minister Jairam Ramesh, even as he couldn

Elevated Expressway Writ petition in HC for alternative alignment

C Shivakumar L&T; Ramboll's alignment along NH 4 will reduce human displacement, cut monetary and social cost, ensure easy green nod and help complete the project in a shorter duration -- Petitioner M Perumal A writ petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking change of alignment of …

Jairam-Nath tussle continues

Environment Minister lashes out at NHAI for its poor re-forestation record New Delhi: The tussle between ministries of surface transport and environment over environmental clearances continues unabated, with environment minister Jairam Ramesh levelling serious charges against Kamal Nath. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Ramesh hit out at National Highways Authority …

In letter to Nath, Jairam moots green highways

Even after Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath complained to the Prime Minister over the progress of highways being stalled by the Environment Ministry, Jairam Ramesh seems in no mood to relent. In a letter to Nath, Ramesh has pointed out that the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) …

Environment Ministry to get strict in clearing projects

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, whose ministry has been come under severe criticism from his many colleagues in the government, more specifically Minister for Road Transport Kamal Nath for

Karat to evaluate the need for Ganga Expressway Project

LUCKNOW: Apart from assessing the party's performance in the state, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat, in Uttar Pradesh on a three-day visit that ended on Wednesday, is preparing a report on the the contentious Ganga Expressway Project undertaken by the UP government. The report, which is …

10,000-km rural roads to improve connectivity

ANGUL: The State Government will construct 10,000-km length of roads to improve the rural connectivity, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today. Addressing a public meeting at Natada after laying the foundation stone of Natada setu, Patnaik said communication and development in rural areas are his government

NHAI close to acquiring 80% land for June projects

Mihir Mishra / New Delhi March 31, 2010, 1:23 IST The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is in its final stages of acquiring 80 per cent of the land required for Work Plan I. It requires 30,000 hectares. Work Plan I is the list of projects to be awarded …

Classify project disputes in monetary terms: roads panel

The B K Chaturvedi committee, set up by the Prime Minister to resolve issues in the roads sector, has called for a bucket-based approach to resolve disputes plaguing the sector. In its second round of recommendations to the government, the committee has suggested three buckets for the size of claims …

Haryana govt gives final shape to road safety plan

Chandigarh: The Haryana government has finalised an integrated state-level traffic plan to prevent road accidents on highways. The plan would be implemented in all the districts of the state. It will ensure implementation of traffic rules on national and state highways with the help of technology, identify accident-prone areas and …

NHAI to bypass states where land acquisition is a roadblock

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to bypass states that are slow on acquiring land for national highway projects. Barring Goa, none of the states that lag behind in land acquisition are governed by the Congress.

Ministers demand immediate halt to land acquisition

The ministers, legislators as well the Opposition leader on Tuesday demanded immediate halt to the ongoing land acquisition process for the widening of NH4A from Panjim to Karnataka border. The calling attention was tabled in the House by the Priol MLA Dipak Dhavalikar who said that fear and anxiety is …

Gowda wants Karnataka government to file fresh affidavit on Expressway project

S. Rajendran Bangalore: The former Prime Minister and national president of the Janata Dal (Secular), H.D. Deve Gowda, has called upon Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to file a fresh affidavit before the Supreme Court highlighting that the State government will stick to the final orders of the apex court …

More state roads to be highways

New Delhi: The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) for roads and highways gave in-principal approval to convert 10,000 km of state roads to national highways (NHs). The Centre has been flooded with requests from different states and UTs for declaring nearly 50,000 km of state roads to NHs in the …

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