New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the country’s preparedness to deal with potential floods and heatwaves and directed an National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) study to find out how many states are following the guidelines for dealing with forest fires, heatwaves and floods, an official said on Sunday. Addressing the meeting, Home Minister Amit Shah said that at least 60 lakes should be included in the plan to develop an early warning system for 30 high-risk …
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New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has won an arbitration matter related to the six-laning of the Kamrej–Chalthan section of NH-48 in Gujarat, leading to substantial savings of public funds.Against claims of around Rs. 174.49 crore raised by the contractor, the Arbitral Tribunal awarded only Rs 54 lakh to settle the case, underscoring the importance of digital project monitoring, robust documentation and evidence-based contract management by the NHAI, accor…
Surat, May 1 (IANS) India’s first barrier-free toll plaza has become operational on the Mumbai-Delhi National Highway (NH48) near Surat, allowing vehicles to pass without stopping and marking a shift towards fully automated toll collection across the country.The Choryasi toll plaza, situated on the Kamrej–Choryasi stretch between Surat and Bharuch, was opened after nearly two months of testing that began on February 2.The facility eliminates the need for physical barriers, enabling uninterru…
Hyderabad, April 22 (IANS) Telangana aims to have the best road network in the country by 2028 and plans to undertake road development works at a cost of Rs 98,000 crore. At a special review meeting on road construction and infrastructure development on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka and State Roads and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy directed officials to treat the Rs 98,000-crore road development programme as a top priority and ensure its swift execution.The Min…
Guwahati, April 20 (IANS) In the wake of an intense cloudburst-like downpour that dumped nearly 120 mm of rainfall in just a few hours, causing widespread waterlogging in Guwahati, Chief Secretary Ravi Kota convened a high-level review meeting on Monday to assess the situation and directed multiple agencies to swing into action with immediate effect. The unprecedented rainfall intensity surpassed the 120 mm recorded over a full 24-hour period on May 31, 2025, underscoring the severity of the lat…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court has issued a comprehensive set of interim directions to curb illegal parking, remove encroachments, and strengthen safety mechanisms on national highways, observing that the “right to safe passage” is an integral facet of the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution. A Bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Atul S. Chandurkar passed the order in a suo motu case concerning fatal road accidents in Rajasthan’s Phalodi and Telangana’s Ran…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rakha Gupta virtually joined the inauguration ceremony of the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor held in Uttarakhand on Tuesday and hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s infrastructure push aimed at benefiting the National Capital, an official said. Soon after PM Modi dedicated the corridor to the nation at an event in Dehradun, the Delhi Chief Minister thanked him for spearheading multiple projects aligned with the city’s growing needs.Des…
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh), April 14 (IANS) Ahead of the inauguration of the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday visited and inspected the first ‘Rest-Hold Area’ developed along the route in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district. Officials from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) received the minister during his visit and briefed him on the facilities at the rest stop.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Delhi–Dehradun Economic Cor…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive Chairperson of Biocon Limited, on Sunday raised concerns over the condition of NH44, the key IT corridor connecting the city to Hosur. In a social media post on platform X, she criticised the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for what she described as poor design and maintenance along the stretch.Mazumdar-Shaw highlighted that the medians and barricades along the highway are “terrible,” while the shoulders remain unpaved, cre…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) constructed 5,313 km of National Highways during the financial year 2025-26, which is about 15 per cent higher than the target of 4,640 km for the year, the government said on Wednesday.Working relentlessly towards the development of national highway infrastructure in the country, the capital expenditure by the NHAI in FY26 for the development of NH infrastructure was at Rs 2,44,362 crore.”The capital expenditure for the f…