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 …
Baglung, Sept 1: Baglung town people are scared of their possible displacement in course of expansion of Mid-Hill Highway – the national pride project of Nepal government. Local denizens have demanded seeking alternative route of the highway stating hundreds of households of municipal area would go displaced if the project-stipulated …
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council yesterday approved three development projects including digitization of land survey, record and preservation system. The approval came from the 6th Ecnec meeting of the current fiscal held at the NEC conference room in city’s Sher-e- Banglanagar with Ecnec Chairperson and Prime Minister …
KHARTOUM - The Western Salvation Highway, linking Sudan's Darfur and Kordofan regions with the capital Khartoum and some neighboring countries, has long been highly expected by local Sudanese in these areas, and thanks to the China-Sudan partnership, that goal will be materialized, a Sudanese minister said on Wednesday. "The dream …
China has vowed to further promote the development of transport infrastructures in Tibet to make travels on "the roof of the world" much easier. The Ministry of Transport (MOT) said in a guideline that China aims to expand highways in the autonomous region to 110,000 kilometers by 2020. China plans …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Netyendra Manav Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors dated 22/07/2014 regarding the movement of vehicles carrying illegally mined sand/bajri across the areas stated in the Application in the State of Rajasthan.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's budget had to disappoint It may have had something to do with Narendra Modi's historic victory. It may have been due to the overbearing urge to banish everything that has anything to do with UPA. Or it may have been because of the relatively bold Railway …
The Prime Minister’s Project Monitoring Group has facilitated clearances of 155 projects, which entail an investment of around Rs 5.5 lakh crore, of which one-third are road and port building projects. “We are trying to digitise all the processes by March 15 this year. Industry can file applications in digitise …
Rs. 3,000 crore for the North-East alone; fillip to PM’s rural scheme The Union Budget 2014 has given importance to fast-tracking highways and improving the road infrastructure to augment the nation’s arterial network. “The sector had taken shape between 1998 and 2004 under NDA-I. The sector again needs huge amount …
The delay in granting environmental clearance has affected development of military infrastructure, especially along areas bordering China, Government said today. "It has been observed by the Central Government that due to lengthy processes involved in grant of approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, many important defence projects, especially the …
PM Narendra Modi's new government on Thursday unveiled a Budget it said can revive growth after the longest slowdown in a quarter of a century even while curbing borrowing. Narendra Modi's government, in office for less than two months, said it would raise caps on foreign investment in the defence …
Stating that infrastructure development was a key to the country’s progress, the Economic Survey for 2013-14 points out that the core sector investment in India has been hit due to design flaws in policies that need to be corrected. Stating that delays in 110 central infrastructure projects have caused a …
Policy focus needs to be on revival of private investment Keeping with the overall tenor of the Economic Survey 2013-14 on reforms, the section on industry argues that the downturn now is an opportunity to push ahead with “critical reforms and remove infrastructure bottlenecks”. Some of the issues that need …
Long delayed 'public purpose projects' in sectors like highways, ports and railways are in for speedy green clearance on the lines of expeditious environmental nod that defence projects have got recently. Declaring this, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the country needs infrastructure for progress and it can be ensured without …
Sri Lanka will upgrade and maintain roads connecting more than 1,000 villages to the highways and expressways in a 906 million US dollars project with 800 million US dollars coming from the Asian Development Bank, a minister said. Information minister Keheliya Rambukwelle said 106 million US dollars will come from …
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of $197 million for the National highway Development Project of Balochistan, state media reported on Sunday. Under the project, the two lane highways Zhob-Mughal Kot and Qila Saifullah Waghum will be rehabilitated. The Bank says the project will help boost economic …
Prakash Javadekar assures of bringing down clearance timeline Prakash Javadekar, who is the first environment minister to function out of offices in the new ecologically friendly Indira Pariyavaran Bhavan, is focusing his energies on improving the ministry's image. Javadekar, who doesn't want to get into blame game mode, says he …
Over 8,000 trees cut mercilessly for the four-laning of NH-65 since 2008 Driving along the NH-65 was an enchanting experience for road users earlier, particularly two-wheeler riders, as the massive trees planted decades ago on either side of the road had formed a green canopy. But now, the experience is …
The ministry of road transport and highways has approved road projects worth about Rs 40,000 crore, besides setting a target of building 30 km of roads a day from 2016. At a meeting on Monday, minister Nitin Gadkari reviewed about 250 projects, worth Rs 60,000 crore. “These projects were mainly …
The government on Tuesday okayed a Tk 289 crore project to excavate a new canal in Cittagong city in a bid to put an end to nagging water-logging in the port city. The approval came at a time when most areas of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) were flooded during last …
The National Highway Authority (NHA) gave on Wednesday a go-ahead to the construction of Karachi-Lahore Motorway. A meeting of the NHA’s executive board, which gave the approval, was informed that the government had been working on a plan to put in place a network of highways in the country in …
