New Delhi: The highways ministry now aims to award 9,000 km of national highways (NH) during this financial year. It has also set a target of constructing at least 12-13 km a day.

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

The Parliamentary Standing Committee examining the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 (LARR Bill) is likely to come down “strongly” against Clause 98 that seeks to exempt

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

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to allow a controversial US ship to head to Alang in Gujarat for dismantling after an NGO pointed out that the vessel was required to give prior intimation of it

GUWAHATI: The Assam Government has announced a special scheme of Rs 10 crore for the development of inland water service and road communication in Dhubri district which recently witnessed one of the worst ferry mishaps in the State.

State Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain, while addressing a press conference here on Sunday, said that Rs 10 crore scheme was part of the Chief Minister’s special programme. “Under the special scheme, ferry services, road communication, ghats and a dispensary in Dhubri district will be developed,” he said.

Members of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan, a civil society consortium working in the area of restoration of the Yamuna and its various tributaries, has written to Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Dr. C. P. Joshi stating that “they were alarmed by the fact that the Ministry had recently sanctioned proposals from the Delhi Government to turn a few of the city drains into roads''.

NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister's Office will decide whether the country will have fuel efficiency standards for cars or not.

New Delhi: When the government approves a project, it is to be awarded in one go. But the Tuticorin Port Trust (TPT) decided to go against the established norm and split a contract.

Ministry Finds It Hard To Award Deals For 2,609km