In Delhi, the work on the 3-km-long service road between Rajokri flyover and Palam, stalled due to face-off between National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Indian Army, may be completed soon, say media reports. The service lane would end the problems of slow-moving vehicles, which are forced to take the main carriageway of the Gurgaon-Delhi Expressway due to lack of service roads.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Rs 300 cr sought to restore road links in Uttarakhand
The Union Highways Ministry has sought Rs 300 crore from the government for immediate restoration of road network in the flood devastated Uttarakhand. The cost of permanent work will be assessed later. The two worst affected stretches - Rishikesh to Mana and Rudraprayag to Gauri Kund - need Rs 30 crore each for immediate repair, according to an estimate submitted by the Border Roads Organization (BRO) to the highways ministry.
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Thammanam-Pulleppady road widening hits bottleneck
As the Kochi Corporation has failed widen Thammanam-Pulleppady road, various stakeholders have demanded to entrust the work to the State Public Works Department (PWD) and include it in the preparatory works for Kochi Metro Rail. The widening of the road is crucial for diverting the traffic during the construction of Kochi Metro.
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NCR states to benefit from high-speed corridor
Apart from including Bharatpur in the National Capital Region (NCR) and making Jaipur as a Counter-Magnate Area (CMA), the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) also approved the construction of a high-speed corridor between Alwar and Delhi. Once completed, the distance between two cities can be covered in less than 30 minutes. Rajasthan is among the stake holders in the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) which will develop speedy connectivity between national capital
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Congested Bemina road in Srinagar needs widening
The congested Bemina road in Srinagar awaits widening, despite inconvenience being faced by thousands of commuters, who everyday bear traffic snarls on the motorway. According to residents, the vital link spanning over 2-km – between Bemina Degree college and Bemina highway squares, has been neglected by successive regimes. This is despite the fact that the road is a key link to around 50 government offices visited by thousands everyday in the area.
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Mosque panel to negotiate on road widening in Hyd
As the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is firm on widening the road Road No 2, Banjara Hills in the city, the Green Mosque (Masjid-e-Hussaini) committee has finally decided to negotiate with the GHMC. Masjid-e-Hussaini muthawali Syed Shah Yusuf Hussaini had written a letter to the GHMC commissioner on June 18 requesting that the notice inviting their objection to the taking over of the land be kept in abeyance for two to three weeks as the matter (to part with the land for road wi
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UP govt urged to repair roads in Luckonw
The Uttar Pradesh government has been suggested on the renovation exercise of Kaiserbagh in Lucknow. The British Indian Association has made some suggestions and asked the government to repair worn out roads of the area, especially Raja Ahmad Ali Marg and the road between Butler Park and Baradari. Road running behind Baradari has been encroached by bus owners and horse-cart pullers who park buses and tie horses on roadsides obstructing the traffic.
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Delhi govt mulls another bridge over Yamuna
In accordance to the growing population and rapidly increasing number of vehicles registered in Delhi, the Public Works Department (PWD) is planning another bridge over the Yamuna. The new bridge, said PWD officials, would be built upstream on the Yamuna, further north of Wazirabad bridge. Engineers said a consultant would soon be appointed to suggest the alignment of the bridge.
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Cabinet takes steps to expedite highway projects
In a move that may expedite implementation of highway projects in the country, the union cabinet waived environmental approval for highway projects up to 100 km in length. The government so far waives green nod for highway construction up to 30 km. This has led to huge delay in the implementation of several projects. Following the relaxation of norms, at least 70 percent of projects to be awarded this year under the engi
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Rs 78 cr for NH-31D repairs in West Bengal
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has recently issued a communication about sanction of Rs 78 crore for carrying out repairs on two stretches of NH-31D, which connects Siliguri with Jalpaiguri; these are Phulbari to Moynaguri and Moynaguri to Dhupguri.
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) had earlier taken an initiative of expanding the two-lane highway into a four-lane one as well as repairing the two stretches.