Shimla, July 7 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh on Tuesday said 4,228 multi-task workers have been deployed to restore road connectivity disrupted by the monsoon. Chairing a review meeting of the Public Works Department to assess the preparedness for the monsoon season, the minister directed the officers to remain fully prepared to respond to any emergent situation.He said the department has deployed 11,137 ‘beldars’ across the state to restore road connectivity w…
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Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) Traffic has been severely impacted on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway due to a massive landslide near the Missing Link project area. The administrative machinery is currently working on a war footing to clear the debris. In light of the situation, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has appealed to citizens to avoid traveling on the Mumbai–Pune route unless absolutely necessary.CM Fadnavis, who reviewed the ongoing debris removal work and also the situation due to incessant rai…
New Delhi/Agartala, July 1 (IANS) Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday held a detailed review meeting with Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha in New Delhi to assess the progress of National Highway projects and discuss future road infrastructure development in the state. A senior official of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said the meeting focused on expediting ongoing National Highway projects, strengthening the maintenance of existing road infrastructure, …
Chennai, July 1 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Public Works and Sports Development Minister Adhav Arjuna has invited contractors and individuals who claim to have been cheated or forced to pay bribes during the previous government’s tenure in the Public Works Department (PWD) and Highways Department to come forward with complaints, assuring them of legal protection and action to recover their money. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the minister said the present Tamil Nadu government was committed to ensur…
Shillong, June 29 (IANS) Meghalaya BJP MLA and senior party leader A.L. Hek on Monday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government for Meghalaya’s development initiatives, saying the Centre has consistently extended financial support and sent a series of Union Ministers to the state to accelerate growth across key sectors.Speaking to reporters here, Hek, who represents the Pynthorumkhrah Assembly constituency, said the Union government has been proactive in sanctioning development pa…
Chennai, June 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Revenue and Disaster Management Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan on Saturday clarified that the state government’s proposed identity cards for students of Classes X and XII would not carry caste details, firmly rejecting reports to the contrary. He said the initiative was intended solely to simplify student records and improve access to essential information, while ensuring that schools remained free from caste-based distinctions.Speaking to reporters after distribut…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Minister for Environment, Forest and Wildlife and Industries, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, on Thursday asked all District Magistrates to formulate a coordinated district-level strategy to identify pollution hotspots and take mitigation measures, an official said. Addressing the officers, the Minister said, “Dust pollution remains one of the most significant contributors to Delhi’s deteriorating air quality. Every District Magistrate must proactively identify sources of dust g…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The final deck slab of the delayed Barapullah Phase-III corridor was successfully cast on Monday, connecting both ends of the structure across the Yamuna River and bringing one of Delhi’s longest-pending infrastructure projects to the threshold of completion, an official said. For more than a decade, Barapullah Phase-III became synonymous with delays, missed deadlines and unanswered questions. What was originally expected to be completed in 2017 remained unfinished ye…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) In a move to strengthen governance and public service delivery, the Delhi government has brought 23 new services under the Delhi Right of Citizens to Time-Bound Delivery of Services Act, 2011, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Monday. She said the decision will directly benefit not only ordinary citizens but also businesses in industry, trade, hospitality, tourism, construction, and the service sector.The Chief Minister said the government’s objective is to ensure th…
Jaipur, June 12 (IANS) The Rajasthan government has directed an investigation into the power outage that occurred at the State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Jaipur on Friday during a media interaction attended by the Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and State Energy Minister Heeralal Nagar. Taking serious note of the incident, Minister Heeralal Nagar directed officials to conduct a detailed inquiry and emphasised that negligence in essential public services such as electricity s…