Chief Secretary discusses key highway projects with NHAI Chief

SRINAGAR, JULY 24, KDC: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today held a meeting with the Chairperson of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Santosh Kumar Yadav, to review the status and expedite the implementation of critical highway infrastructure projects in Jammu and Kashmir. The NHAI Chairperson, who called on the Chief Secretary at the Civil … Read more

BRO chief reviews Frontier Highway Project in Arunachal

BRO chief reviews Frontier Highway Project in Arunachal

Follow Us on Google News Itanagar, July 21 (IANS) Director General, Border Roads Organisation (DG-BRO), Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan, on Monday, visited Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Subansiri district to review progress on the Frontier Highway Project, officials said. An Arunachal Pradesh government official said that the flagship Frontier Highway Project initiative is designed to significantly improve … Read more

Gujarat: Joint probe launched into damaged stretch of Bharatmal highway near Santalpur

Gujarat: Joint probe launched into damaged stretch of Bharatmal highway near Santalpur

Follow Us on Google News Gandhinagar, July 13 (IANS) A joint investigation was launched on Sunday to look into the damaged stretch of Bharatmala Highway near Santalpur in Patan district of Gujarat, authorities said. A high-level joint team of Central and state governments visited the spot, to conduct inspection of the damaged stretch and investigate … Read more

Two killed as truck plunges into gorge on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

Two killed as truck plunges into gorge on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

Follow Us on Google News Jammu, June 28 (IANS) Two persons were killed on Saturday when a truck skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district. Officials said that the truck was en route to Srinagar from Jammu when the driver lost control over … Read more

One killed as chemical tanker catches fire on Jaipur-Ajmer Highway

One killed as chemical tanker catches fire on Jaipur-Ajmer Highway

Follow Us on Google News Jaipur, June 25 (IANS) A chemical tanker carrying methanol overturned and burst into flames on Wednesday near Maukhampura town on the Jaipur-Ajmer National Highway, resulting in the death of the driver and causing widespread chaos on the busy stretch. According to Maukhampura Police, the deceased has been identified as Rajendra … Read more

Centre launches Rs 3,000 FASTag annual pass for cars to ease highway drive

Centre launches Rs 3,000 FASTag annual pass for cars to ease highway drive

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, on Wednesday announced the launch of a FASTag-based annual pass priced at Rs 3,000 for cars, with effect from August 15 this year, in what he termed as “a transformative step towards hassle-free highway travel.” The … Read more

SC stays Madras HC order halting toll collection on Madurai-Tuticorin highway

SC stays Madras HC order halting toll collection on Madurai-Tuticorin highway

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court, in an interim order passed on Monday, stayed the operation of a Madras High Court decision, which had restrained the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) from collecting toll on the Madurai-Tuticorin national highway. A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and … Read more

Highway collapse: Kerala HC asks NHAI for report, Congress slams Vijayan govt

Highway collapse: Kerala HC asks NHAI for report, Congress slams Vijayan govt

Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, May 23 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Friday asked the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to submit an interim report on the collapse of the under-construction NH 66 at multiple places. After hearing a different petition about the condition of roads in the state, the court then … Read more

Kerala: Congress demands fixing responsibilities of crumbling under-construction national highway

Kerala: Congress demands fixing responsibilities of crumbling under-construction national highway

Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, May 21 (IANS) State Congress president Sunny Joseph on Wednesday asked the Pinarayi Vijayan government to ensure responsibilities are fixed on the crumbling under-construction National Highway 66. Joseph asked the Chief Minister after stretches of the under-construction NH 66 crumbled, leaving hundreds of people in and around the area … Read more