The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Calcutta, Sept. 4: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has scrapped the four-laning of NH35, which connects Barasat and Bongaon in North 24-Parganas, because of the state government’s failure to arrange for land in the past six years. The NHAI informed the government about its decision during a recent …
The Mumbai-Pune Expressway seems to have become a death trap for motorists. Since 2009, more than 370 people have died and 697 others have been injured in 1,457 road mishaps on the Expressway. Most of the accidents on the e-way have occurred because of speeding, rash driving and tyre-bursts. To …
Jammu: The state has around nine lakh registered vehicles and just 94 pollution checking centres. To add to the problem, a number of these centres are non-functional due to poor monitoring by the transport department and lack of a “proper system” to track down vehicles with high emission levels. Out …
A six-member Central Government team will start its visit to Himachal tomorrow for assessing the damage to public property due to the monsoon this year. The team will first assess the damage to public property in Kangra district. The Kangra district authorities have submitted a report of damage worth Rs …
Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday urged the Centre to declare five existing road stretches in the state as National Highways to help strengthen the network in rural areas, which are emerging as new hubs for growing cash crops and fruits. State’s Public Works Minister Gulab Singh Thakur called on Union …
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has stated that during 2008-09, Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) procured 2,500 low floor buses (1,000 AC and 1,500 Non-AC) at an inordinately high price. It also found that between September and November 2009, the Corporation procured additional 625 buses at the …
BHUBANESWAR: Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei has requested Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to pressurise the Centre for making budget provision for four-laning of Chandikhol-Duburi-Talcher road. In a letter to the Chief Minister, Ghadei said traffic has increased manifold on 133 km stretch, making its upgradation necessary. The Cabinet Committee on …
The Environment Ministry on Wednesday referred 17 mining and infrastructure projects falling in areas adjoining tiger reserves to a newly-constituted committee to study their impact on tiger conservation efforts. Seven of the 17 projects are proposed in Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh, the parliamentary constituency of Surface Transport Minister Kamal Nath, …
Bhopal: The Centre has turned down a proposal from the Madhya Pradesh Government to wind up its State Road Transport Corporation (MPSRTC) and also refused a financial package to revive the ailing unit. According to official sources, the Centre in a letter to the State Government about a week ago …
With speeding vehicles killing 55 wild animals on an average each year, the Assam PWD is undertaking a feasibility study for diverting traffic from the 100 km stretch of the NH-37 which passes through the Kaziranga National Park, reports PTI. The study comes after the Centre shelved plans for four-laning …
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 …
Road transport plays a pivotal role in economic growth of any country. During the last four decades there has been significant research conducted to develop relationships between standards of road design and road user cost (RUC). These RUC models become redundant due to continuous change or upgradation in vehicle technology, …
The road development works of the State and National highways (NH) in various parts of the district will commence by the end of February, said Union Minister of State for Surface Transportation and Highway K H Muniyappa. Tender process for the development of the Sadali-Peresandra road, Yenegadale-Talakayalabetta road, Melur-Muthuru road …
Wrangling Between Ministries May Delay Auto Fuel-Efficiency Guidelines New Delhi: The hope of seeing fuel efficiency labels and norms has been pushed back further with the wrangling between ministries increasing despite the PMO
A file picture of public transport vehicles. Automatic and frequent fare increases in public bus transport (PBT) operations, as also fiscal incentives to attract more investments
Thiruvananthapuram: Stepping up the offensive on charges of nepotism by Union surface transport minister T R Baalu, leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, L K Advani, on Sunday demanded a statement by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Come June 5 (environment day), the owners or drivers of diesel vehicles will have to produce a valid "pollution under control' certificate at petrol pumps for a refill. The state environment department has decided on the move to ensure that diesel vehicles
