Tag: National highways

Cong corners BJP for politicising newly announced NHs

The Opposition Congress Party on Wednesday cornered the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for politicising the newly announced National Highways in Himachal Pradesh. The Congress Legislative Party leader Mukesh Agnihotri blamed the BJP of trying to get political mileage by announcing 69 NH before the last state Assembly elections held last year. Chief Minister Jai Ram...

March 28, 2018

Naidu alleges vendetta against him for SCS status

Even as chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu alleged that the Centre was seeking to launch a witch hunt against him for demanding the Special Category status, the call to block National Highways for two hours across the state called by Opposition parties saw widespread impact, particularly after TDP extended its support to the protests and...

March 23, 2018

Can’t promise on toll tax waiver, says Nitin Gadkari

Ruling out any exemption from toll collection at national highways, Union road minister Nitin Gadkari said that if people want good services they will have to pay for that.Gadkari agreed to the opinion that toll collection should stop but asserted that he cannot promise waiver from the tax on national highways at this juncture. Toll...

January 2, 2018

INLD threatens protest if ‘arbitrary’ toll plazas aren’t removed in Haryana

Condemning the “arbitrary” establishment of toll plazas on the National Highways passing through Haryana, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader and MP from Hisar Dushyant Chautala on Wednesday threatened to launch agitation if toll barriers established against the rules were not removed. Chautala demanded that the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) adhere to...

November 22, 2017

Gadkari announces Rs 200-cr for NH repair in flood-hit Assam

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday sanctioned Rs 200 crore for immediate repair of national highways ravaged by flood in Assam and promised more funds after a central team takes stock of the situation. The Road Transport and Highways Minister also sanctioned Rs 400 crore for dredging work in Brahmaputra and said Brahmaputra Express Highway...

July 26, 2017

Agitating Madhya Pradesh farmers block national highways

Farmers in Madhya Pradesh blocked the national highways passing through the state on Friday to press for loan waiver and remunerative prices for farm produce. The blockade, that began at 12 p.m., would continue till 3 p.m. However, ambulances would not be stopped. The Congress and the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) have extended...

June 16, 2017

Govt to develop 15 multi-modal logistics parks

The government is planning to develop multi-modal logistics parks at 15 locations all over India at an estimated cost of Rs.33,000 crore, said an official on Monday. As part of the plan, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Ltd...

May 15, 2017

Carefully crafted policies unlock investments in infra:Gadkari

Carefully crafted policy interventions not only unlocked huge investments but saw record awards for building 15,948 km highways in 2016-17, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has told the Prime Minister. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Road Transport and Highways Minister Gadkari thanked him for “guidance and careful attention” for a turnaround of the...

April 27, 2017

No liquor sale, it’s highway protection in Biren’s Manipur

While many highways are turning dry and state like Rajasthan on Tuesday denotified its national highways as urban roads in the wake of the Supreme Court order on liquor sale ban within 500 metres of highways, the highways in the Northeastern state Manipur is set to witness a change of a different kind. Manipur is gearing up...

April 4, 2017

Liquor ban: Rajasthan denotifies highways within city limits

Rajasthan has denotified certain sections of state highways passing through populous towns, days after the Supreme Court order banning liquor vends within 500 metres of national and state highways came into effect. The chief engineer of the Public Works Department, however, said that the process of denotification has nothing to do with the apex court...

April 4, 2017

Supreme Court reserves order on highway liquor ban

In a major development to the liquor ban issue, the Supreme Court on Thursday reserved it's order banning liquor within 500 metre distance from state and national highways. The top court heard a batch of petitions that seek to modify its December 2016 order banning liquor outlets within 500 metres of state and national highways...

March 30, 2017

Road construction misses target of 15,000 km in FY17

A total 6,604 km of highways has been constructed during the April-February period against the target of 15,000 km for the full fiscal, Parliament was informed on Monday. "The Ministry set an ambitious target of 15,000 km for the construction of National Highways during the current financial year 2016-17 and 6,604 km has been achieved...

March 27, 2017

‘Real-time traffic updates through radio on NH soon’

To provide real time traffic updates to commuters, government will start highway radio services on various national highways spread across 13 states. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in Lok Sabha on Thursday that highway radio services has been started on the Delhi-Jaipur highway. Phase I of the pilot project on Highway Advisory...

February 9, 2017

Rising to the occasion

Chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh has literally pulled the rug from under the feet of the Manipur-based United Naga Council. UNC has imposed an economic blockade of two national highways from 1 November as a mark of protest over the proposal to create the Kuki-dominated Sadar Hills out of Senapati district — a stronghold of...

December 19, 2016