At least six people died and eight were injured after a bus collided with a truck on the Ahmedabad-Vadodra Express Highway in Gujarat Anand in the early hours of Monday, Superintendent of Police Gaurav Jasani said.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma is expected to travel to New Delhi to attend a review meeting of the National Highway Projects of Rajasthan State on Monday. As per his proposed programme schedule for today, Sharma is expected to depart for New Delhi from Jaipur Airport at 8:30 am.
The vehicle movement on the National Highway has been stopped for an indefinite period as restoration work is underway following the landslide triggered by incessant rain.
The water level in Madhuban Dam increased due to heavy rains in Valsad on Saturday, the Disaster Management Authority said. IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in the district on Sunday.
Demanding a safe return of forcibly abducted Zaheer Ahmed Baloch in Quetta, the main highway linking Quetta to Karachi (N-25) has been obstructed near the Sona Khan area by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC).
Security measures have been increased, and vehicles are being inspected on the Jammu-Akhnoor highway as a search operation is being carried out in Akhnoor after locals reported sighting an unidentified person in the area.
The accident occurred at Sikroda crossing on Gwalior-Jhansi National Highway 44 under Bilaua police station limits in the district on Friday afternoon.
Search and rescue operation has been launched in the Narayangarh-Muglin section of Madan-Ashrit highway in central Nepal after landslide swept two passenger bus earlier on Friday morning
Due to heavy floods on NH 24, the speed of traffic on the Lucknow-Delhi National Highway has slowed down considerably today. The traffic from SItapur and Katra has been diverted.
As per the officials on the site of the incident, the bus is assumed to have been swept down to the Trishuli River which has swollen hampering the search and rescue operation.