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 Prime minister, Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stone of 341 km long three highway projects costing Rs 13,802 crore at Sonipat in Haryana. These include the Western Peripheral expressway (136 kms) worth Rs 4,115 crore, a project which will be six-laned instead of earlier proposed four-laned; Eastern Peripheral …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, announced three mega road projects that will benefit Delhi by reducing traffic congestion and pollution levels. Forming a ring around the National Capital Region (NCR), the Eastern (connecting Kundli, Ghaziabad and Palwal) and the Western (Kundli, Manesar and Palwal) Peripheral Expressways were conceived almost …
As many as 60 hectares, on which there are 600 shops, on either side of the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur road are set to be acquired as a part of the four-laning project of national highway-70 soon. The total stretch of the road is 58 km — starting from Rama Mandi in Jalandhar …
THE Centre plans to revive 2.5 crore hectares of degraded forests through public-private participation (PPP) to meet its climate change plan target of reducing carbon emissions by about 35 per cent by 2030. This was revealed by Union Minister for Environment Prakash Javadekar on Saturday while talking to journalists. Javadekar, …
Members of the Four-Lane Sangharsh Samiti will meet Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh during Dasehra celebrations over lack of transparency in land acquisition for the four-laning of the Nerchowk-Manali stretch of the National Highway-21. In a statement issued here today, samiti president Brig Khushal Thakur (retd) said it was decided in …
At least Rs 5,000 crore will be spent on providing green cover to the country's National Highways network in the next five years under the Green Highways Policy unveiled on Tuesday. Under this policy, the government has made it mandatory to set aside one per cent of the total project …
Union Government has launched Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification & Maintenance) Policy-2015 to promote greening of National Highway corridors across the country. The policy was unveiled by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi. Key features of Green Highways Policy 2015: Promote greening and development eco-friendly …
There is strong evidence that short-run fluctuations in air pollution negatively impact infant health and contemporaneous adult health, but there is less evidence on the causal link between long-term exposure to air pollution and increased adult mortality. This project estimates the impact of long-term exposure to air pollution on mortality …
The analysis of road accidents in terms of causal factors reveals that drivers' fault is single most important factor responsible for accidents Rural roads had more accidents in 2014 than state and national highways. ‘Other’ roads, including rural ones, accounted for 46.6 per cent of road accidents and 36.8 per …
Farmers and other people affected by four-laning of the Nerchowk to Manali stretch of the National Highway-21 have sought clarification on the amount of compensation. In a statement issued here today, Four-lane Sangharsh Samiti president Brigadier Khushal Thakur (retd) said the affected people of Mandi and Kullu districts were not …
Order of the High Court of Mumbai in the matter of M/S. Sion Panvel Tollways Pvt. Ltd vs The State Of Maharashtra And Ors dated 08/09/2015 regarding Concession Agreement in respect of a road tolling project, Maharashtra. The petitioners are required to maintain the road while collecting toll for a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Shrushti Paryavaran Mandal Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 07/09/2015 regarding indiscriminate felling of trees in the reserved forest area for widening of NH – 7 Mansar at the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought from National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to furnish imageries of the avenue forest, developed by the NHAI along the highways in the period between 5 and 10 years in order to take stock of the survival of the avenue forest. The bench …
Should there be re-plantation on the central verge of the national highways as a means to combat air pollution? The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday sought a report on the issue from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, and the Ministry …
Announcing the decision to give wildlife clearance to NH7, environment minister Prakash Javadekar said, "The process of four-laning NH7 has moved ahead. Tiger The petitioner in the case has argued that the project will hit Kanha-Pench tiger corridor PTI After repeatedly submitting before National Green Tribunal (NGT) and through its …
In a bid to secure speedy green clearances for highways, the government plans to introduce a 'tree transplantation' clause in highway contracts that will require project developers to salvage as many trees as possible. The move comes at a time when road projects worth over Rs 30,000 crore are stuck …
A planning blunder has led to the destruction of almost 900 towering old native trees after VicRoads severely underestimated the environmental impact of a highway project it is managing. Road safety is our utmost priority and roadside trees can be a hazard in run off road accidents. Many of the …
Environmentalists who had opposed the plan put forward by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to cut down around 6,000 trees on the Kazhakoottam-Mukkola stretch, have suggested an alternative to save maximum number of trees on the stretch. The greens have pointed out that around 60% of the trees …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nature Conservation Society, Amravati & Others Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors dated 27/07/2015 regarding diversion of 14.246 hectare forest land for the purpose of widening National Highway No. 7 between the State of Maharashtra and the State of Madhya …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Kuldeep Nagar & Anr. Vs. Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. & Ors. dated 24/07/2015 regarding alleged failure of the Respondent No.1 - Jaiprakash Associates limited, the Project Proponent who had undertaken the work of construction of Yamuna Expressway …
