Public works department
A Kerala High court division bench comprising Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice P R Ramachandra Menon on Monday questioned the inactivity of the state government regarding widening of national highways to 45 metres. The bench stated that land for the highways had been acquired years ago. The central and state governments have both provided [...] Continue Reading »
This Wednesday, there were around 4 key road infrastructure projects which got the final sanction from the United Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure Planning and the Engineering Centre. The entire work will be finished within about 2 years and will commence from this monsoons. There was a meeting arranged and chaired by the Lieutenant Governor Najeeb [...] Continue Reading »
DDA has identified eight new landfill sites. The landfills of Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalswa are now saturated and the unscientific ways to eliminate solid waste is polluting the area. The lieutenant governor (LG) on Monday reviewed the progress in New Delhi about providing land to the corporations to deal with solid waste mess. One of [...] Continue Reading »
In a June 15 statement, Public Works Department (PWD)’s principal secretary Arun Baroka said that green signal has been given for the extension of the Barapullah elevated corridor to Mayur Vihar – the new bridge over Yamuna which is being constructed to connect Sarai Kale Khan to East Delhi. Revealing that all the necessary approvals [...] Continue Reading »
The scheduled meeting between the Union Home Minister and the Secretary of the Public Works Department (PWD) in New Delhi in the coming days will largely involve a discussion about plans for new roads and flyovers. With the new Government headed by prime Minister Narendra Modi having come into power at the Centre, most of [...] Continue Reading »
The east civic body initiated demolition drive against 2,821 illegal properties under its limits — Shahdara (North) and Shahdara (South) Zones according to the action taken report. While the maximum number of unauthorised constructions were reported from Shahdara (South) Zone to be 1722, the Shahdara (North) Zone had 1,099 illegal buildings. While only 34 illegal [...] Continue Reading »
The Public Works Department (PWD) has proposed to extend the Ashram flyover over the Maharani Bagh T-point till the point where the DND flyway meets the Ring Road in a move which could provide major relief to commuters travelling to Noida and East Delhi. The suggestion was submitted by the consultant hired by the PWD [...] Continue Reading »
The Bambolim-Dona Paula road four-laning project is not 50% ready which started on December 31 last year, and now has reached the halfway mark of the targeted completion date of 210 days. M P Velayudan, PWD executive engineer being incharge of the project alleged, work is progressing at a fast pace and that PWD is [...] Continue Reading »
Haryana’s Union cabinet recently took the decision to connect Nuh, the district headquarters of Mewat, to link it with the national highway. The backward regions of southern Haryana, including Mahendragarh, may get the economic boost with the improved connectivity. Presently, the nearest highway to Nuh is NH-919, which is about 21km away from the town. [...] Continue Reading »
With the ongoing work on the “Barapullah Elevated Corridor-Phase II” progressing at the snail’s pace, it seems the stretch that connects INA Market to Aurobindo Marg would take a long time to get completed. A stark contrast would be the hectic activity being carried out at the Delhi Metro construction site nearby. Former Chief Minister [...] Continue Reading »
