In a first, the road transport ministry is firming up plans to upgrade around 10,000 km of national highways across the country in two years.

Allege the government chose the longest route to benefit politicians, traders; demand inquiry
Jupinderjit Singh

Lucknow Land acquisition hurdles have claimed yet another road project in Uttar Pradesh. The R1100-crore Agra Inner Ring Road project, which was given to Jaypee Infratech three years ago, has been shelved by the Akhilesh Yadav government because the land-for-development model for the plan was not working out.

In a meeting chaired by the UP CM on Wednesday, it was decided in principle that the concessionaire agreement between the Agra Development Authority (ADA) — the nodal agency of the housing department — and Jaypee would be cancelled and a fresh process would be initiated for the construction of the 30-km-long road on competitive bidding.

Commerce Minister Anand Sharma led the opposition to the controversial Land Acquisition Bill piloted by Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh in the Cabinet today citing an adverse effect on the

Five senior ministers— Kamal Nath, Veerappa Moily, CP Joshi, Anand Sharma and Ajit Singh—opposed the bill

Raising concern over the dismal progress in building roads, the Prime Minister’s Office has asked the Ministry of Road Transport for a “work plan” to achieve the national highways target promised b

JAMMU, Aug 22: A villager was today washed away in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Rajouri district while traffic on 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway was resumed today after rem

Problems in land acquisition and environmental clearances have delayed as many as 58 ongoing national highways projects, including 18 in Assam, the government said on Tuesday.

In a bid to provide much-needed impetus to the fund-starved highways sector, the road transport ministry is looking at increasing road projects to be awarded through Engineering Procurement Contrac