Road traffic injuries and deaths are a hidden epidemic in the cities of Uttar Pradesh. With one exception they have among the highest road accident fatalities in India. Despite this, road safety is yet to be a political priority in UP.

When hockey players congregate for the Commonwealth Games and the Men

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NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday said Delhi was getting ready to showcase a world-class road infrastructure during the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

PWD Will Restore 242km Of Major Stretches
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Now on, you don't have to worry about the garbage at your doorstep. The Delhi Government will collect it and recycle it for laying out roads in the Capital. For the first time, the Delhi Government has decided to use a recycling technology that would enable the carpeted road to take the traffic load within a few hours of the completion of the work.

The Delhi government is finally beginning road resurfacing in the Capital. For the first time, the PWD will be using new techniques it had been experimenting with in the past.

The re-carpeting process started on Tuesday on Ring Road, close to Hyatt Regency in South Delhi. The 293 lane-km of road will be surfaced using hot in-situ recycling.

Pedestrians have ceased to have a place in urban transport plans in India. (Editorial)

7-Foot-Deep Pit Filled In Two Days Ago Subsides Again

New Delhi: Even as the government is yet to ascertain the exact cause for the cave-in on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in Defence Colony on Sunday, the filledup pit reportedly settled by another one centimetre on Monday, sending alarm bells ringing.

NEW DELHI: A portion of the road next to the busy Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor caved in at Defence Colony here in the early hours of Sunday injuring two motorcyclists who fell into the deep pit.

The mishap took place around 2-30 a.m. when a segment of the road subsided near a petrol pump in Defence Colony as the earth below it had apparently turned soft due to water seepage.

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