Over 40 vehicles were severely damaged in a tragic road accident that occurred at the Pune-Bengaluru highway in Pune on Sunday evening, officials said.
A Delhi Court on Friday expressed its concern over the issue of overcrowding in public transport and also sought a report from the Union Ministry of road, Transport and Highways, the Transport department of Delhi Government and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
Gadkari said fulfilling the 60-year-old demand of the people of Dalkhola (NH-34), this 5 km and 4-lane bypass built at the total cost of Rs 120 crore, will finally solve the traffic problem in Dalkhola town now.
Reacting to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that the Centre is not giving funds to her state, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that Bharatiya Janata Party does not do any sort of politics in the name of development in Bengal.
The pending projects include construction of roads aimed at easing traffic and facilitating public transport, arterial roads, road overbridge, national Highway and redevelopment plans for residential accommodations.
Truck drivers in the Afghan province of Paktia raised concerns regarding the surge in incidents of armed robberies on highways. However, the security officials refuted the claims made by drivers of theft and said that measures have been taken to ensure security on highways.
The inaugurated projects include two-lane road over bridge (ROB) in replacement of level crossing at 615.5 km of NH-31 (Oodlabari). According to an official statement, this project would give significant boost to international connectivity and ROB in lieu of level crossing at 661.100 km on N
In its notice to the civic body and KRIDL, the NHAI has directed both the civic body and KRIDL to ensure the removal of the bus shelter constructed on the Kerala Border-Kollegala section of the National Highway-766 within a week.
According to the customs, an Ashok Leyland Trawler (22-Wheeler) at Rajadhok Toll Plaza, Jaipur-Agra Highway, Jaipur (Raj.) was intercepted and is one of the biggest seizures of Opium made by CBN in the recent past.