Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) asked Public Works Department to replant three times the wide tracts of mangroves that would be cut for national highway expansion in near future.

Incensed at repeated delays in land acquisition, which has had a telling effect on the UPA-II

With around one lakh trees axed to widen the NH-1 in the state and the Forest Department not getting land to plant saplings, the state may be heading for a major ecological crisis.

According to documents available with The Tribune, if the Forest Department does not take action, chances are that they might lose Rs 45 crore given as funds for afforestation by the Union Ministry of Forests.

The process of land acquisition between Asanboni in Seraikela-Kharsawan and Galudih in East Singhbhum for the proposed four-laning of NH-33 will begin soon.

To achieve his target of building 20 km of national highways per day, Highways Minister Kamal Nath seems to have it all figured out

Environment Minister lashes out at NHAI for its poor re-forestation record

New Delhi: The tussle between ministries of surface transport and environment over environmental clearances continues unabated, with environment minister Jairam Ramesh levelling serious charges against Kamal Nath.

Even after Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath complained to the Prime Minister over the progress of highways being stalled by the Environment Ministry, Jairam Ramesh seems in no mood to relent.

Says He Will Not Allow Chhindwara Highway To Cut Through Tiger Reserve

BLAMED by his Cabinet colleagues, particularly surface transport minister Kamal Nath, of stalling projects, environment minister Jairam Ramesh hit back saying he would further increase the rejection rate of projects.

Mihir Mishra / New Delhi March 31, 2010, 1:23 IST

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is in its final stages of acquiring 80 per cent of the land required for Work Plan I. It requires 30,000 hectares. Work Plan I is the list of projects to be awarded till June this year, under which 126 projects worth a total of Rs 1 lakh crore will be awarded.

The B K Chaturvedi committee, set up by the Prime Minister to resolve issues in the roads sector, has called for a bucket-based approach to resolve disputes plaguing the sector. In its second round of recommendations to the government, the committee has suggested three buckets for the size of claims by way of which the cases can be taken up by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) .