New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The Delhi government on Sunday carried out a major demolition drive in the Haiderpur village area of Shalimar Bagh to implement a Supreme Court decision against unauthorised constructions on public Right of Way. District Magistrate (DM) of Central-North District S.S. Parihar said that the action was being carried out in compliance with court orders.In the joint survey conducted on January 10, 2026, it was found that a total of 143 unauthorised permanent (pucca) construct…
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Guwahati, May 19 (IANS) Assam Transport Minister Charam Boro on Tuesday appealed to people to reduce the use of private vehicles and rely more on public transport in view of the rising prices of petrol and diesel. Speaking to reporters shortly after assuming charge of the department, Charam Boro said the government is reviewing measures to ease pressure on commuters and improve public transport facilities across the state.He said people should make collective efforts to minimise fuel consumption…
Hyderabad, May 6 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed Director General of Police C.V. Anand to ensure that no inconvenience is caused to the general public during the movement of the Chief Minister and other VIPs across the State. The Chief Minister emphasised that people should not be made to wait on roads for prolonged periods due to his convoy.Expressing concern over the severe traffic congestion experienced near the airport on Wednesday while he was proceeding to Del…
Agartala, May 6 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has took a strong stand in the fight to make the state drug-free. During a meeting at the Civil Secretariat here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said that the police administration must remain constantly vigilant to ensure that drugs do not enter the state through the railways or any other route.Various narcotics are smuggled from Myanmar and routed through Mizoram and southern Assam before reaching Tripura, often for illegal transit into n…
Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) Residents in Karachi held a protest against prolonged, unannounced power outages lasting up to 16 hours daily, resulting in severe traffic congestion in the city’s business district for hours, local media reported on Tuesday. The protests on Monday impacted vehicular movement on the I.I. Chundrigar Road, Ziauddin Ahmed Road and nearby areas for over two hours, with roads in nearby areas, including Saddar and Pakistan Chowk, clogged and commuters facing difficulty und…
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) The Nilgiris district, a famous hill destination in Tamil Nadu, is witnessing a sharp surge in tourist arrivals from across the state and neighbouring regions, leading to increasing traffic congestion in key areas such as Ooty. Tourists from various districts and other states have been flocking to the Nilgiris to explore its scenic locations, with many opting to travel in private vehicles for convenience. This has resulted in long queues of vehicles along the winding hil…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Friday raised serious concerns over the growing impact of traffic congestion in India’s major metropolitan cities, calling for the creation of a National Urban Decongestion Mission to address the crisis.Speaking in the upper house of the Parliament on urban challenges, Chadha said that traffic congestion has effectively turned metro cities into “giant parking lots”, where commuters spend a significant portion of their lives s…
Guwahati, Feb 25 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the long-pending demand to decongest Jorhat town, particularly the busy Baruah Chariali junction, is set to be addressed with the opening of a new flyover connecting Baruah Chariali to the Bhogdoi Bridge.The CM also took a swipe at Gaurav Gogoi, Lok Sabha member from Jorhat for opposing the construction of the flyover in Jorhat town.In a post on social media platform X, the Chief Minister said that traffic co…
Shillong, Feb 6 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Friday said traffic congestion remains one of the biggest challenges facing Shillong and stressed that the government has adopted a long-term, multi-pronged strategy to decongest the city, beginning with the creation of modern parking infrastructure.Inaugurating the state’s first Automated Multilevel Car Park at Vivekananda Road near the Additional Secretariat here, Sangma said that unplanned parking and lack of adequate parking…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday that shared taxis and EVs are key to the government’s pollution control strategy, and officials are in touch with transportation network companies such as Ola and Uber to prioritise shared rides. Shared taxi services, which were available in Delhi before the pandemic but were discontinued later, are now being considered for revival to provide affordable and convenient transport options to commuters, she said.The Delhi gov…