The Union Ministry of Surface Road Transport and Highways has declared two roads of Assam, linking neighbouring states Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, as National Highways.

Bihar has set out to match Mumbai with its own version of the Marine Drive.

New Delhi: At least 87 NH projects are running behind schedule, and in some cases the delay is more than seven years.

The government is likely to reject ‘radical’ recommendation of a parliamentary panel that proposed tighter norms for acquiring land for private businesses.

PANJIM: Chief minister Manohar Parrikar’s ambitious plan of cleaning Goa’s roads of plastic litter and debris from May 20, is likely to be deferred as government agencies are still working out the modalities of what appears to be a mammoth task.

The State Public Works Department Principal Chief Engineer J S Rego said that the PWD has begun the process for identifying dumping grounds for debris and would be working closely with municipal bodies and village panchayats regarding waste collection in their respective areas.

TARDY PROGRESS Inquiry committee of road ministry finds World Bank Institutional Integrity Unit report on Lucknow-Muzaffarpur highway project true

Kendrapada: The World Bank authorities have expressed displeasure over the inordinate delay in handover of the roadside land required for widening of the 106-KM long Cuttack-Chandballi State Highwa

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture has pulled up the National Highways Authority for its laggard pace in completing projects.

If an ambitious state road development plan approved by the public works department is implemented, then by 2021, all the national highways passing through Maharashtra will be expressways with a mi