Tag: National Highway

WW-II Bailey bridge needs an upgrade

New technology allows it to be rectified in days. We need to understand and accept the problem first. The solution is then just round the corner and available at a minuscule fraction of the cost of what we are losing.

May 5, 2023

Uttar Pradesh: 3 killed, 2 injured in Etah road accident

After getting the information about the accident police reached the accident spot and got the injured admitted to the medical college.

March 20, 2023

PM Modi to inaugurate, lay foundation of projects worth Rs 7,000 cr in Telangana on January 19

This will be the Prime Minister's second visit to the southern state within a span of two months.

January 9, 2023

Farmers’ Protest Hits Train Movement, National Highway In Punjab’s Jalandhar

Farmers sitting on the Jalandhar-Chaheru section have blocked the Ludhiana-Amritsar and the Ludhiana-Jammu rail tracks in Jalandhar, affecting several trains, including the Amritsar-New Delhi (02030) and the Amritsar-New Delhi Shane-e-Punjab (04068).

August 21, 2021

Terrorists open fire on BSF party in Kashmir

Police said the terrorists involved in the firing have been trapped and an operation has been started by the police and security forces.

August 12, 2021

One side of NH-9 at Ghazipur border opens up for commuters

As of now, this highway has been opened from one side only from late Monday night.

March 2, 2021

Jammu-Srinagar Highway to remain closed on Friday for repairs

The Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed several times due to snowfall this winter.

February 12, 2021

19-year-old woman abducted, raped at National Highway in Haryana’s Karnal, 2 arrested

The 19-year-old woman who is a resident of Ludhiana in Punjab, has alleged that she went to use the toilet near a toll plaza on the National Highway in Karnal when she was abducted by the two men at knifepoint there.

February 19, 2020

HP urges Nitin Gadkari to speed up construction of NHs

The issues were raised Principal Secretary, Public Works Department, Jagdish Sharma and Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Sanjay Kundu during a meeting with Gadkari and apprised him about the progress of various NH projects in the state.

January 13, 2020

Snowfall and landslides keep Jammu-Srinagar NH closed for the second day

Snowfall is continuing at many places including Jawahar Tunnel – the gateway to Kashmir valley, while rains triggered multiple landslides along Panthiyal-Ramsu stretch overnight.

January 7, 2020

Kin of persons missing in Teesta protest ‘rescue slackness’

Akash Sharma, the brother of Gaurav Sharma, who has gone missing, accused the administration of “carelessly handling” the rescue mission.

July 16, 2019

NHAI to create a ‘green belt’ of tree saplings along NH – 53

Indigenous species such as jamun, glaucious, neem, mango, karanj, ficus, peepal, cassia and duranta are the saplings that will be used from the many species available in the nurseries of the forest department.

July 6, 2019

Corn on highway, accident waiting to happen

The Secretary of the Uttar Dinajpur Bus and Minibus Owners’ Association, Plaban Pramanik, said they have been facing huge traffic congestion on the road for the last around one week after people started leaving the corn on the road to dry.

June 28, 2019

HP improves record in road mishap deaths

This comes as a slight respite as the state has slipped to fourth position from third position, as in 2016 it had stood at 17.9 in terms of total number of persons killed per lakh population.

October 20, 2018

Khattar seeks NH status for road on Haryana-Punjab border

The Chief Minister (CM), Manohar Lal Khattar has urged the Union ministry of Road Transport and Highways to declare road stretch from Haryana-Punjab border-Ratia-Fatehabad with length of 31.658 kilometers falling in Haryana as National Highway (NH). While stating this on Friday, a spokesman of Public Works (Building and Roads) Department said that the proposed start...

June 30, 2018

Gadkari to lay foundation stone for 4-lane NH projects in Telangana tomorrow

The ceremony to be held in Hyderabad Public School grounds, Ramnathapur, Hyderabad will be attended by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao.

May 4, 2018

PWD given deadline for completion of NH

Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday directed the Public Works Department authorities to complete work on Nalagarh-Swarghat National Highway by 30 June, 2018. Addressing a public meeting at Nichla Khera in Nalagarh constituency of Solan, the CM said the demand pertaining to setting up Trauma centre in the area would be taken up with...

February 22, 2018