The Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Nitin Gadkari has underlined the need for generating awareness and education for the masses at large towards reducing road fatalities.

With a population of over a billion people, it's no surprise that fatalities from road accidents in India amount to little more than just statistics. Sometimes, though, a single death makes a difference and plunges an entire nation into grief.

For Lucknow city, the proposed outer ring road has become a bone of contention between the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) and the Chief Town and Country Planner (CTCP). It was only a year ago when after the development agency got a resolution passed by its board recommending reduction in its width from the proposed 150 metre to 100 metre and change in alignment.

A new opportunity knocks on the doors of private developers, especially those in the second-tier or contractors aspiring to be developers. Rural roads are all set to offer large opportunities this year as the government steps on the accelerator to see projects through,

A new opportunity knocks on the doors of private developers, especially those in the second-tier or contractors aspiring to be developers. Rural roads are all set to offer large opportunities this year as the government steps on the accelerator to see projects through, after the successful experiment by PMGSY especially in quality monitoring and maintenance contracts. Janaki Krishnamoorthi writes.

The Coir Board has got the Indian Road Congress approval for use of coir geo-textiles in rural road construction.

Although nearly everyone agrees that road safety rests in books alone, and that very little of it is practised on Indian roads, the more concerning fact is that not much is being done even now.