Moved by the devastation caused by flash floods in Uttarakhand, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday took it upon itself to inquire into the state of affairs, especially massive constructio

Protest against land acquisition for a bypass on National Highway 8D

After protests by farmers against a Nirma cement plant in Saurashtra, the proposed special investment region (SIR) near Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar corridor and the Mirthi Virdi Nuclear Power Station, anger is now brewing against land acquisition for a bypass for National Highway 8D near Junagadh in Saurashtra region.

Also exempts mining of soil up to 2 hectares for laying foundation from green NoC

The Cabinet has cleared a proposal that allows expansion of highways up to 100 km without environmental clearance, a move seen speeding up revival of a sector that is key to higher economic growth.

The Public Works Department (PWD) is gearing up to initiate work on the four-laning of two important national highways allotted to it by the Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) was on Thursday informed by Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) that the road-widening project of DLF and HUDA in Sectors 55-56 of Gurgaon, which is embr

Chandigarh, May 27: The delay in completing the six-laning of the 291-km Panipat-Jalandhar highway project has cost the concessionaire and its director dear.

The drastic fall in private investment in road and highway projects has prompted Parliament’s standing committee on transport to suggest a review of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model – touted by many senior government officials as the only way to bring in money and developing infrastructure in India.

In 2012-13, only 9 projects offered by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) got bids whereas as many as 13 projects saw no takers.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on transportation, tourism and culture in its report on the demand for grants by the road ministry said that with private capital gravitating towards only profitable projects, unprofitable projects getting no bids must be developed using budgetary support instead.

Delay in completion of port road connectivity (PRC) projects and loss of toll revenue had resulted in a loss of around Rs 873.85 crore to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), said the C

The Tamizhaga Vivasaigal Sangham plans to organise a protest in two weeks against the proposed bypass road from Kangeyampalayam to Mettupalayam.

State president of the sangham M.R. Sivasamy told presspersons here on Tuesday that he was also seeking the support of political parties and the protestors would stage a picketing here in the second week of May.