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Two arrested for fleeing with 13 road barricades
Two persons arrested for stealing barricades from a road construction site in Mumbai's Aarey Colony; accused were caught with the help of construction crew.
Updated on Sep 10, 2023 12:33 AM IST
PMRDA starts land acquisition to develop roads in Mhalunge-Maan
The scheme will benefit 5,800 beneficiaries, allowing landowners to regain 50% of the developed land in the same area where the arbitration process took place.
Updated on Sep 03, 2023 12:01 AM IST
Siddharth Gadkari
New roads to come up on forest reserve land in Maval
The road will be connected to the Other District Road (ODR)-69 with Kusgaon Budruk near village Gevhandi (Apti) in Maval tehsil
Updated on Aug 22, 2023 11:11 PM IST
Gayatri Vajpeyee
After hunger strike by Chandivali residents, BMC floats ₹28-cr tender to build 90ft road
HT was the first to report on residents’ demand for the road on January 29. Once built, the road is expected to prove to be a big relief for Chandivali residents, who have to grapple daily with terrible traffic situations and spend nearly 30 to 45 minutes reaching JVLR. The 90-feet road will drastically reduce this time.
Updated on Aug 22, 2023 12:13 AM IST
280 km of Pune roads incomplete over land acquisition issues
Pune Municipal Corporation yet to complete 280 km of roads as it faces acquisition issues of small plots
Updated on Jun 11, 2023 12:28 AM IST
Nadeem Inamdar
Eyeing to improve swachhta ranking, Ludhiana MC installs plastic shredder
The shredder which will be used to re-use the plastic waste for road construction has been installed at a cost of ₹3.75 lakh
Updated on Jun 05, 2023 11:56 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Poor quality materials used in road: MCG takes action against 4 officials
Officials said two samples of materials used in the construction of the road had failed the quality test after which an inquiry went on for two years and the vigilance department has submitted recommendations to take stringent action against the officials
Updated on May 27, 2023 12:28 AM IST
Fazilka-Zirakpur road: Closed for 45 months to get overbridge, NH-7 stretch to now only see road repair
Forty-five months after suspending vehicular movement on a stretch of the national highway-7 crossing through Bathinda city to construct an overbridge, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will reopen the road soon without any change in the infrastructure
Updated on May 11, 2023 10:19 PM IST
Vishal Joshi, Bathinda
1 lakh km of road built using plastic waste, govt aims to double it
Plastic has been used in the 270-kilometre-long Jammu Kashmir National highway. About 1.6 tonne of plastic waste was used in the two-kilometre-long stretch of Delhi-Meerut highway news UP Gate, according to Hindustan.
Updated on Jul 10, 2020 12:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
Govt weighs new employment options for migrant returnees
The employment generation and skills upgrading programme, which includes district-wise mapping of the workers and identifying their skill sets, is being designed by the Prime Minister’s Office with the help of the rural development, agriculture, animal husbandry, skill development and road transport ministries.
Updated on Jun 06, 2020 03:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji
Road construction worth Rs 15 lakh cr in next 2 years; auto scrapping policy soon: Nitin Gadkari
The road transport, highways and MSME minister also said that the auto scrapping policy is likely to be finalised soon.
Updated on May 08, 2020 08:25 AM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India | Posted by: Harshita Singh
Maoists cite ‘exploitation’ fears, block road construction under PM’s scheme in Odisha
Rayagada Superintendent of Police (SP) Dr. Vivek M Saravana said the road construction work between Naringtoli and Gumma was worth ₹10 crore and meant to provide connectivity to the local Dongria Kondh tribals
Updated on Jan 22, 2020 05:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | HT Correspondent
Financial crisis: Local bodies department stops Ludhiana MC from floating new tenders
Residents and opposition parties are already raising a hue and cry over the MC’s failure to carry out development works, including the construction of roads and installation of interlocking tiles
Published on Jan 08, 2020 10:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | Harsimran Singh Batra, Ludhiana
Arunachal Pradesh villagers near China border forego land compensation for road construction
Bishing village, the last Indian village closest to the McMohan Line, which demarcates the boundary between China’s Tibet region and Arunachal Pradesh, is home to around 100 people, mostly from the Memba tribe.
Updated on Oct 13, 2019 09:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Utpal Parashar
Noida starts building 2.5-km link road to Delhi using plastic waste
According to an official, the Noida authority will reuse plastic waste in road construction and try to set up a plant to generate shredded plastic for construction use in near future.
Updated on Sep 14, 2019 12:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Noida | Vinod Rajput
Flooding is the new normal in the city
In 2005, when the city saw unprecedented rainfall and the subsequent devastation, people were furious with the city and state governments. In 14 years, not much has changed but fewer questions are being raised.
Published on Sep 09, 2019 11:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shailesh Gaikwad
SC asks Uttarakhand to stop road work through Rajaji and Corbett reserves
A special bench of justices Arun Mishra and Deepal Gupta stopped the construction work while asking the state to approach the Centre for obtaining the requisite approval under the Wildlife Protection Act.
Updated on Jul 30, 2019 08:16 AM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Now, Lucknow Municipal Corporation plans to lay plastic roads
The roads built with polymerised asphalt last longer. The waterproofing quality ensures that water doesn’t seep down, thus reducing wear and tear.
Published on Jun 19, 2019 01:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Anupam Srivastava
Odisha BJD MLA faces arrest for forcing official to do sit-ups
The tribal official’s wife alleged that on June 5 Saroj Meher and his party’s workers came to their official resident and forced her husband to follow them.
Updated on Jun 07, 2019 02:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
6 months on, Golf Course Extn Road re-carpeted again
V Umashankar, chief executive officer of the GMDA, said the re-carpeting work is only a temporary measure for the road and is likely to continue for three months.
Updated on May 09, 2019 08:23 AM IST
Gurugram | Kartik Kumar
Infra projects in Noida delayed till Lok Sabha elections are over
As the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha 2019 elections has come into effect, several infrastructure projects in Noida are set to get delayed.
Published on Mar 12, 2019 02:46 AM IST
Noida | HT Correspondent
Why MLA Baghel getting all contracts, asks BJP MP Tripathi after shoe fight
A day after BJP MP Sharad Tripathi and MLA Rakesh Singh Baghel indulged in a shoe fight during a meeting in UP, the two leaders engaged in a fierce war of words.
Updated on Mar 07, 2019 07:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gorakhpur | HT Correspondent
Cutting trees for building roads and buildings is not sustainable
City planners should keep the pedestrians, not cars, at the centre of road infrastructure.
Updated on Feb 28, 2019 03:37 PM IST
Kalpana Viswanath
Speed up road construction along China border: Parliamentary panel asks BRO
The panel said the roads served no purpose if they couldn’t support the movement of India’s fighting forces in all weather conditions, adding that quality of roads should not be compromised at any cost.
Updated on Feb 13, 2019 12:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rahul Singh
With over ₹5,000 crore budget boost, govt agenda focuses on rural development
The rural ministry received the most funds after defence with a hike of ₹5000 crore in overall allocation.
Updated on Feb 02, 2019 12:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji
309 trees in Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary cut without assessment study, says Pune’s civic body
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials have accepted their fault during a meeting held between the officials and the Save Salim Ali bird sanctuary group.
Updated on Jan 22, 2019 02:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | HT Correspondent
Green rural roads go past 20,000-km mark
The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a nationwide plan to provide road connectivity to unconnected villages. Under the initiative, 5,62,047 km of new and improved rural road network has been created, according to official data.
Published on Nov 03, 2018 08:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji
Fund crunch stalls road projects as new model faces old problems
According to data reviewed by Hindustan Times, 64 projects out of total 115 projects awarded under the hybrid annuity model (HAM) have failed to take off because they have not received financial closure.
Published on Oct 22, 2018 07:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anisha Dutta
Rains slow down pace of road construction in rural areas
A rural development ministry official said the rate of road construction was 134 km per day last year, while this year it is around 52 km per day
Updated on Sep 26, 2018 03:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anisha Dutta
'Use of explosives in road building key reason behind landslides in hills’
Use of explosives in road construction is one of the key reasons for frequent flooding and landslides in Pithoragarh, said Pradeep Kumar, a geologist of the Geology and Mining Unit of the state government
Updated on Aug 01, 2018 10:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pithoragarh | BD Kasniyal
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