Under the Comprehensive Road Infrastructure Development Programme
The State government will undertake widening and improvement of roads at a cost of Rs 1,900 crore under the Comprehensive Road Infrastructure Development Programme (CRIDP) in the current year, Highways Minister Edapadi K. Palaniswami told the Assembly on Monday.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed Uttar Pradesh government’s notification for land acquisition of three villages of Ghaziabad after the villagers approached court against setting up of a ‘leathe

The proposal to construct the 67-km Shingkhar-Gorgan secondary national highway that runs through a core tiger habitat has brought together environmentalists in Bhutan lobbying for reconsideration

The Rishikesh-Badrinath Highway was blocked by landslips near Joshimath, while the Kedarnath route remained disrupted at Sirobagad by boulders that slipped downhill. The Rishikesh-Gangotri National Highway has again been struck by landslips at Sukhitop and Bhatwari.

Omar Abdullah said the economy and development of the rural, far-flung and remote areas is directly dependent on good road communication. "While the State Government is focusing on improvement, upgradation and construction of highways and roads across the State, the PMGSY is the flagship programme to link up cut-off areas with main roads", he said and highlighted the importance of the programme in this regard.

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has refuted recent claims made by Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma that land issues pertaining to the two mega road projects in the State have been resolved.

Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Friday hinted at introducing the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill, 2011, in the current session of Parliament by cutting sho

Even as there is a hue and cry over the pathetic condition of roads in the State capital caused by incessant rainfall this monsoon, the State Government today released Rs 17 crore non-plan grant for their repair and maintenance.

ITANAGAR: Residents of Hollongi area in Papum Pare district have opposed the way land is being acquisitioned by the administration for four-lanning of the NH52A. After a futile meeting today at Patilla Middle School campus, the villagers resolved to launch a non cooperation movement on August 30 and 31 when the authorities are supposed to come for survey and measurement of land needed to be acquisitioned.

The Bill aims at preventing environment pollution

The State Cabinet on Thursday decided to recommend to Governor H R Bhardwaj to promulgate an ordinance for the regulation of stone-crushing in the State.