New Delhi Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet road transport and highway minister CP Joshi on Wednesday as the economist turned head-of-state makes a first-hand assessment of the pace of the nation's infrastructure development.
After assuming charge of the ministry in January this year, Joshi had said his main focus would be on quality of construction and not quantity.
COIMBATORE: Public consultation meetings will be held at Udumalpet and Pollachi on June 4 to get feedback on the proposed four-lane work on National Highway 209 from Dindigul to Coimbatore.
Project Director of National Highways Authority of India-Coimbatore P. Manivannan told The Hindu on Friday that the meeting would be held at 10 a.m.
New Delhi The Planning Commission has decided to appoint consultants to ensure that draft concession agreements on national highway projects are technically sound.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation plans to demolish Ernakulam North overbridge soon
KOCHI: The State Government's delay in sanctioning funds and in approving the scheme mooted by the Corporation of Kochi to hasten land acquisition, is stifling four-laning of two crucial road corridors in Kochi
JAIPUR: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued notices to property owners on National Highway 8 (Jaipur- Ajmer) for encroaching the national highway land. An official at NHAI said, "We are identifying the properties which are being illegally constructed on NH-8 land.
It is being executed through Special Purpose Vehicle. It would be completed within 24 months from the date of commencement. No toll will be collected on this road
CHENNAI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued work orders for the commencement of the Ennore-Manali Road Improvement Project (EMRIP).
In a bid to introduce greater transparency in the road sector, the transport ministry on Tuesday said it has fixed the monthly monitorable targets for road building and will bid out all projects beginning August through the e-tendering process.
Meticulous C P Joshi is triggering comparisons with his predecessor, Kamal Nath, a man of the world.
Early morning last Friday, in a post timed at 7.44 am, one Ramesh Jain wrote a rant against overloading.
Greater Noida: The widening of GT Road NH-91, a project of six-lane highway from Ghaziabad to Aligarh via Bulandshahr, will cost the felling of shady trees planted on the both sides of the road at the time of Emperor Sher Shah Suri.
About 19,000 trees will be cut for the purpose.
Around 25,000 to 30,000 trees have already been felled to widen the road.
