A team comprising three executive engineers will examine roads constructed under Mukhyamantri Grameen Sadak Yojna in Rajgarh district.

KOLKATA, 22 MAY: State panchayat and rural development minister Subrata Mukherjee today asked all zilla sabhadhipatis and district magistrates to submit a detailed project report (DPR) for at least

The Union Cabinet has cleared a . 8,500-crore rural roads package to ensure growth and remove Maoist influence in forested tribal areas.

The Union Minister for Rural Development, Mr Jairam Ramesh, on Saturday said the Centre would grant Rs 4,000 crore for two metal road projects in West Bengal.

If an ambitious state road development plan approved by the public works department is implemented, then by 2021, all the national highways passing through Maharashtra will be expressways with a mi

Experts recommend use of green technologies including cold mix to expedite road construction

Gangtok: Sikkim’s Green Mission Programme started in 2006 has catapulted the State as among the most clean and green in the country. This has been possible due to the various innovative environment-friendly initiatives taken by the Green Chief Minister Pawan Chamling. Along with the protection and conservation of its rich biodiversity, the adoption of green rural roads in the State can play a vital role in the development of the State as well as help achieve its Green Mission Programme, said experts at a media workshop on Tuesday.

Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh today rejected 18,000 km of road projects under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) proposed by the West Bengal government.

Contractors abandon 36 projects under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

JAMMU : Equating dependable road communication with economic prosperity, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday emphasized the need for dovetailing various road development schemes to obtain holistic results and expand benefit orbit.

Taking stock of the progress and status of flagship programme PMGSY here, the Chief Minister said that linking rural and remote areas with highways is all the more important in a State like Jammu and Kashmir with a hilly and difficult terrain.

Building roads in rural areas is the job of State Governments and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana was not a long-term solution to the problem of lack of roads, the Rural Development Minister, Mr J