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 …

Underground mine fire: Part of NH 33 caves in

Two days after traffic on the stretch was closed due to an underground fire, a 80-sq ft section of the NH 33 caved in near Kujju in Ramgarh district. Though no one was injured in the incident, the administration has cordoned off a three-sq km area and declared it a

Centre gets Rs 1,500cr ADB loan

THE GOVERNMENT has signed two agreements with the Asian Development Bank to avail loans of Rs 1,500 crore for improving urban infrastructure and highways in the North East region. The ministry of finance has signed a Rs 1,000 crore loan for the North Eastern Region Capital Cities Development Investment Programme …

Owners deprived of compensation for acquired land

There have been allegations by No 52 National Highway Land Preservation Demand Committee that the government has shown an apathetic attitude towards them in distribution of compensation to the owners of the acquired land along NH 52 for widening of a 31-km stretch of the highway from Dirak to Rupai. …

Terms of reference [TOR] for EIA report for activities / projects requiring environmental clearance

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a planning tool now generally accepted as an integral component of sound decision-making. The Environmental Clearance [EC] process for majority of projects will comprise of a maximum of four stages

Highway diversion survey ends

Hazaribagh, July 29: As the survey for construction of a diversion on Ranchi-Patna Highway (NH-33) near Kujju came to an end today, another fire was reported at an abandoned mine near here. The survey team prepared a report and forwarded it to the state. In the report, the team identified …

165 highway projects okayed

Looking to make infrastructure development as its major plank, the Road Transport Ministry would be undertaking as many as 165 projects under the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP) during the year. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is expected to award the contract for the development of the highways, …

South Sikkim highway declared as Eco-Highway

GANGTOK, July 22: The State Government has declared the State highway from Ravangla to Namchi via Damthang and the approach road to Samdruptse in South Sikkim as an Eco-Highway. A seven-member committee, headed by State Forest Secretary, has been constituted to oversee the newly-declared Eco-Highway in South Sikkim. The committee …

Wheeler-Killers

The wildlife in Bandipur is endangered by highway traffic----- Death Count ? A tiger and an elephant ? Seven langurs, two leopards ? Six mongoose, three sloth bear ? Nineteen spotted deer, eleven sambhar, ten shikras, nine Indian hare ? Eleven bonnet macaque, six red-vented bulbul, seven jungle owlet, eight …

Land hurdles stall roads - State puts new projects on hold

Widening project has hit the national highway near Ranchi Ranchi, July 17: At least 40 road projects, ideated to improve travel experience and trade prospects within Jharkhand, are held up because of nagging land acquisition problems, prompting the departmental secretary, N.N. Sinha, putting a stop on new projects without mandatory …

Govt mulls tourism development councils

The government is considering to set up tourism development councils for prominent tourist destinations in the state like Kufri, Naldehra, Dharamsala, Mcleodganj, Dalhousie and Khajjiar, in association with local representatives. It also proposes a single-window system for grant of essentiality certificate for tourism projects involving investment of Rs 50 crore …

1,529 trees on NH-15 face axe

The district administration has instructed the department concerned to initiate proper proceedings to axe 1,529 trees on the National Highway No. 15 to make it accident-free. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the district-level traffic safety committee held here today. Officials of the Central Public …

New plan to put highways on fast lane

New Delhi: Seeking to cut through delays like problems in land acquisition, the Centre held out a carrot and stick policy to ensure cooperation from the states by insisting that they sign

Centre likely to set up expressway authority

To build 1,000 km of expressways at an estimated cost of Rs 16,680 crore. Kamal NathUnion Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath today said the government was considering setting up an authority for expressways on the pattern of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in order to give …

Over 1,000 vehicles stranded

Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained disrupted for more than 12 hours due to landslides at four places between Udhampur and Ramban. Over 1,000 vehicles, including some buses and taxis, remained stranded there throughout the night. Due to disruption of traffic, departure of the fresh batch of Amarnath pilgrims …

NHPC spends Rs 60 cr on roads

Chamba: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is currently spending nearly Rs 60 crore on construction and widening of roads, including bridges, besides environment management plans in Chamba district. According to official sources, the widening of 46-km Jarangala to Kharamukh tribal highway was in full swing for which Rs 16.04 …

Budget for sea link extension: State finmin to Pranab

MUMBAI: State finance minister Dilip Walse-Patil has urged Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to make available viability gap funding for the Worli-Haji Ali-Malabar Hill-Nariman Point sea link to augment transport facilities in the metropolis. "We have successfully commissioned the Bandra-Worli sea link. The extension of the sea link up to …

Debris hamper highway traffic

Fresh landslides blocked NH31 and NH31A at Sevoke today, disrupting traffic from Siliguri to Sikkim and the Dooars for more than 10 hours. There were seven slides

Will build 20 km of roads a day: Kamal Nath hikes target 10-fold

If the railway network is being packaged by Mamata Banerjee as an engine for inclusive growth, Union Minister of Surface Transport and Highways Kamal Nath is looking at highways through the same prism to promise an unprecedented upgrade at the rate of building 20 km per day, a ten-fold jump …

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