For four-laning of NH31D road project, over 150 families near Jalpaiguri town have come forward voluntarily to give their plots to the National Highways Authority of India. The road project has not taken off because of land acquisition protests. It is a key road project in north Bengal.
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Category: Roads & Highways
Road works begin in UP’s Chak Ghajaria project
The Lucknow Development Authority is to build an IT City, IIIT, IAS training centre, Medicity/ super specialty hospital, Cancer Hospital, modern milk processing unit etc in the Chak Ghajaria farmlands. Now the ground work in the animal husbandry's farmlands in Chak Ghajaria on Sultanpur Road in Lucknow has started off.
Highway in Blore becomes a threat to flying school
Media reports say that the elevated highway being constructed on Bellary road in Bangalore has become a threat to the Jakkur Government Flying Training School. The 30-feet high highway comes in the way of take-off and landing aircraft at the School.
NHAI to widen highway from Mlore-Karkala
The National Highway 169 between Mangalore and Karkala via Moodbidri will be widened by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). NHAI has proposed to widen the stretch between Mangalore (from Kulashekara) and Moodbidri into a four-lane road and the stretch between Moodbidri and Karkala as two-lane road, say media reports.
Road repairs in Navi Mumbai to be paced up
Navi Mumbai Mayor Sagar Naik has asked the officials concerned to expedite the road repair works in the city areas including Belapur. Residents had expressed their anger over the delay in the road repair works, despite the end of the rainy season.
Lucknow’s Lohia Path to become widest road in UP
In Lucknow, the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD) is all set to give Lohia Path another face-lift by proposing an additional flyover between PICUP and Indira Gandhi Pratishthan. The State government has taken up widening of the Lohia Path, which is said to be the ruling party Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Rs 158.28 lakh for roads, divider works in Varanasi
For construction of four main roads, repairing of road dividers and inter-locking works in Varanasi, a fund of Rs 158.28 lakh had been approved from infrastructure fund of UP Awas and Vikas Parishad on November 17.
New road may be built in Pimple Saudagar in Pune
In Pune area, an alternative road in Pimple Saudagar will be built by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to link the area to Sangvi-Kiwale bus rapid transit (BRT) route in the city. The existing two-km road from Planet Millenium to Rakshak chowk passes through defence areas.
Gurgaon realty prices up thanks to Rapid Metro
For residents of MG Road, DLF Phase II and III in Gurgaon, the Rapid Metro will become a boon. It will also add sheen to the commercial properties in DLF Cyber City. Cushman and Wakefield says that since the start of construction of Rapid Metro in 2010, the residential properties on MG Road, DLF Phase II and III witnessed an appreciation between 35 per cent and over 100 per cent.
Coimbatore civic body to restore 170 km of roads
The Coimbatore Municipal Corporation is to carry out restoration work on 169.1 km of roads across 60 wards in old corporation limits that were dug up as part of laying underground drainage pipelines under the JNNURM project since 2010.

