KOLKATA, 2 OCT: The much-touted West Bengal Highway Development Corporation (WBHDCL) may end up as a non-starter due to the land-acquisition policy of the state government which has made the expans

GURGAON: Sunday was a relative breeze but anxiety is growing over the Delhi-Gurgaon commute - and the mega hurdle of a toll gate - from Monday.

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today gave nod to the construction of Srinagar and Jammu Ring Roads to decongest traffic and provide alternate communication for commuters taking care up to the year 2042.

Approving the prestigious and most required two road projects involving an expenditure of abut Rs. 3000 crores at a meeting of high level officers of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Jammu and Kashmir State R&B Department here, the Chief Minister directed the NHAI, executing agency for the projects, to formulate the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) and put up the proposals to the R&B Department for finalization.

Leading lights of the ongoing Delhi Master Plan-2021 review led by Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath, Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna and Delhi Urban Arts Commission chairman Raj Rewal discussed and debated the implications and suggestions to be incorporated in the finalised plan at a workshop here on Monday.

Other prominent speakers at the workshop include Union Urban Development Secretary Sudhir Krishna, DDA Vice-Chairman S. K. Srivastava and DDA Commissioner (Planning) S. P. Bansal.

New Delhi: Should the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway be bought back by the government and nationalized?

Most roads in developed countries are built with public funds and are free to users.

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New Delhi: This time around, there will be no escape for the Gurgaon expressway contractor if it fails to fulfill conditions laid down in the MoU, which was signed with NHAI and lenders on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Even after Delhi high court gave two weeks to NHAI and Gurgaon expressway contractor to ink an outof-court settlement, both parties have failed to come to an agreement.

More than a year has gone since the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) felled over 60,000 trees along the National Highway 46 for six-laning of the road, but it has failed to take up the restoration of the green cover till date. The lethargic attitude of the NHAI to take up the sapling plantation has left the district administration and forest department, which gave permission to cut down the trees for the project, red- faced.

Clearly stating the High Court order in writ petition number 7811/10 and also the GO Ms 704, issued on August 8, 2010, the forest department insisted that the Project Director of NHAI, Krishnagiri, should plant 10 saplings for every tree felled.