Demonstration to be held on May 11

Call to give up Neelambur bypass plan

COIMBATORE: Farmers' organisation Tamizhaga Vivasayeegal Sangam will hold a demonstration here on May 11 to protest against land acquisition.

Goa

KOLKATA, 30 APRIL: West Bengal has become the first state in the country to prepare a road register for improved and efficient maintenance of the state's arteries.

New Delhi: In what could be an indication of the Indian highways

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh state government is once again making fresh noises about the state's ambitious highway projects. On Monday, PWD Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui instructed officials of the Uttar Pradesh State Highway Authority to finish pending highway projects in the state as soon as possible, adding that at least six such projects must be completed within the current fiscal.

In order to decongest the Pinjore-Kalka highway, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) will build a 7.3 kilometre long Pinjore bypass connecting Surajpur (a few kilometres before Pinjore) to Baddi.

This will be the second bypass on this stretch

Gangtok, April 25: The double-laning of NH31A, the lifeline of Sikkim, has hit a hurdle as the Bengal forest department has not yet granted permission to the Border Roads Organisation to work on the stretch that runs through Darjeeling district.

The Ministry of Railways is planning a special scheme to improve connectivity in far flung areas of the country. Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Thursday that she would soon write to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to launch Pradhan Mantri Gram Rail Yojana. This would be on the lines of the existing Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.

Road construction secretary N.N. Sinha today reviewed functioning of the department