Road
The government is all set to launch a new app and portal that will help the travellers navigate through highways in a way that would be completely different from the types of applications that netizens currently use. Hence in future if we are on the highways and are lost, then we will have a help [...] Continue Reading »
Among several infrastructure sectors – from road, to railway and power, there is a growing screech against the provisions of a new land acquisition law fearing a three-fold jump in acquisition cost due to the new legislation. The road transport and highways ministry has asked government to increase budgetary allocation for land acquisition, whereas the [...] Continue Reading »
Two Maharashtra road projects with a combined cost of about Rs.4,500 crore may be cancelled by L&T as they have turned ‘financially unviable’. The company has also communicated this with L&T. NHAI has directed the company to wait till the polls are over. The projects involve widening of 485 km of carriageway on two highways: [...] Continue Reading »
Nearly 90 big billboards are coming up across Bangalore, questioning ‘Can India can raise the bar?’ or ‘Will India fly high?’, among other questions. These campaigns ask voters to turn out in large numbers at polling booths on April 17, when Karnataka votes. Ms. Tanya Singh Khosla, city-based graphic and brand designer, starts this campaign [...] Continue Reading »
The highways ministry is seeking Election Commission’s nod to award works for over 60 road projects involving over Rs 22,000 crore investments. In the past one month, finances for the first set of about 55 works have been sanctioned by the ministry. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has called financial bids for 22 projects, [...] Continue Reading »
Around five years after Mumbai got its first road bridge over sea between Bandra and Worli in Central Mumbai, the state government has cleared another such proposal. The “sea link” will connect Bandra and Versova in the suburbs. Work has been initiated by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on the facility. The Maharashtra [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) have been sent notices from the Karnataka High Court, with regard to a petition filed by residents of MLA Layout on BEL Road, seeking road connectivity. Officials of BBMP and BDA, who had submitted a false affidavit were warned by the division [...] Continue Reading »
To fulfill the most cherished dream of having roads to connect the remote areas of Manipur, Assam and Nagaland, about 100 Northeast villagers are working hard towards collecting funds to complete the road construction. The deadline will be until Christmas. An example, wherein a resident from Manipur’s remote Phoklong village has contributed Rs 1,000 from his old-age pension for the [...] Continue Reading »
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd has completed its fifth road project in Tamil Nadu. This road project from Salem to Ulundurpet in Tamil Nadu is expected to ease traffic flow to the city centre, connecting centers of tourism and industrial zones. The main objective is to reduce the rural-urban gap by connecting 79 villages with Chennai. The [...] Continue Reading »
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) began re-carpeting of Gurgaon city roads after rains had caused waterlogging and potholes on the city roads. The impact of rains on the city roads, including those carpeted a couple of months ago, has been highlighted in the press and the authority has promptly reacted to the matter. The [...] Continue Reading »
