Chennai Corporation officials has said that road widening work of the Ayanavaram Road and Raji Street that connects Medavakkam Tank Road and New Avadi Road may finally begin by January. Already the road widening has been delayed by three-years.
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Category: Roads & Highways
Six-lane road to ease Mukarba Chowk traffic
Public Works Department (PWD) of the Delhi Government has envisaged a grandiose plan to decongest Mukarba Chowk in North-West Delhi. It has planned to construct an additional six-lane road on the other side of the supplementary drain from Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar at Mukarba Chowk to Wazirabad along the National Highway-1.
Jharkhand CM inaugurates Ranchi-Patratu road
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda inaugurated the Ranchi-Patratu road on November 21. The 35.27 km road is constructed at a cost of Rs 203 crore. The road passes through Patratu valley and around 16.6 km of the project is four-lane and the rest is two lane. The road has 10 high mast lights and six bus bays.
SC asks J&K to build safe road to Amarnath pilgrims
The Jammu and Kashmir government has been asked by the Supreme Court on November 22 to pave all the passage from Panchtarni to Amarnath holy cave with pre-fabricated cement tiles to ensure that pilgrims do not slip on the way.
Tiruchi’s alternative alignment for bypass is still elusive
It is still uncertain the new bypass road that is to connect the Tiruchi-Madurai, Tiruchi-Dindigul and Tiruchi-Karur national highways on the outskirts of Tiruchirapalli city. Because no decision has been arrived yet on identifying an alternative alignment since the High Court struck down the plan to lay the road across irrigation tanks.
Airport road in Nagpur to be repaired soon
In Nagpur, the road to the city airport is in a dilapidated condition. The road belongs to airport operator MIHAN India (MIL) that is also responsible for maintaining it.
Pimpri-Chinchwad roads need safety measures
In Pimpri-Chinchwad area, lack of pedestrian safety measures and poor implementation of traffic regulations are troubling citizens to face traffic problems. Even widening of roads has not helped to the citizens, says Paryavaran Sanvardhan Samiti, a group dealing with environmental issues in Pimpri-Chinchwad.
UP, Gujarat, TN, Maha have large share in road projects
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has said that Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra together have over 50 per cent share in the road projects being undertaken in the country.
Punjab to pace up work on National Highways
The State government of Punjab has put the construction work on Faridkot-Kotkapura and Shahkot-Moga- Ramgarh National Highway on fast track and orders have been issued to complete both roads by March next year.
Road construction sector on the path of recovery
Industry players feel that the road construction sector is on the path to recovery with the government announcing new norms for road development. It is learnt that the improvement in the project award and execution has caused a sudden surge in demand for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines and construction

