The ministry of road transport and highways (MORTH) has suggested the government to de-link environment and forest clearances in a bid to fast track highways project.

Samvidhanika Chaluvali demands distribution of unused land to the poor
The Samvidhanika Chaluvali has urged District-in-Charge Minister Krishna Palemar to initiate measures to stop land acquisition process, which has been taken up by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) for setting up private companies in the district.

Manali: Three cloudbursts have hit Manali region since July 21, claiming 11 lives and triggering dozens of landslides which caused traffic snarls and trapped thousands of tourists.

Season’s Toll: 30 Dead, 233cr Property Damaged, Major Roads Hit

New Delhi: The ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to award 3,000 km of roads on a cash contract basis during the current fisca

Nurpur Bedi (Ropar): The lower Shivaliks are all set to disappear.

Kolkata: Their basic difference on “forcible land acquisition” remains, but Mamata Banerjee and Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh have reached a truce on the draft land bill that will

80% local manpower, 15 Enggs from Jammu engaged
JAMMU: In a major step aimed at providing safest road link in the landslides prone areas of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway 1A, the work on first section of the country’s longest road tunnel between Chenani and Nashri was started today.

The plan to convert 10,000 km of state highways into national highways is unlikely to find favour with the ministry of finance as the government is facing a paucity of funds.

New Delhi The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to create a bank of ready-to-award projects of 10,000 km of national highways.
It has told the NHAI to identify stretches and prepare detailed project reports (DPRs) for them by the year-end. This will be an additional obligation on the authority, which anyway has to meet its recently-revised annual target of awarding 8,000 km projects.