The collapse happened around 2:10 a.m. on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou. The collapsed section measures 17.9 meters in length and covers an area of 184.3 square meters, officials said.
The highways in Balochistan remained closed for the tenth day in a row as transporters continued their walkout against the government's plan to set up additional checkpoints on important roads to safeguard travellers following the Noshki killings, reported Dawn.
As of 5:30 am (local time) on May 2, 36 people have died and 30 people have been injured in a highway collapse, Al Jazeera reported, citing state news agency Xinhua.
At least 19 people have been killed after a part of a highway collapsed in Southern China's Guangdong province on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported citing local media.
The pace of construction for National Highways in India witnessed an uptick in FY24, reaching 34 Km/day, albeit lower than the 37 km/day reported in FY21.
"Massive fire broke out at a godown filled with plastic pipes close to the highway. Fire tenders have been called. Efforts are on to control the fire. There is no report of any casualties in the incident. People have been evacuated. We want to control the flames and ensure that property loss
A couple from Tirunelveli district drowned after their car fell into a pit filled with water on the Tirunelveli Highway near Sankarankoil of Tenkasi District, police said on Sunday.
The people affected by the Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer Bhasha Dam blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) on Wednesday in protest against Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) for failure to pay compensation promised to them for leaving their lands for the dam's construction.
Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the continuous development of infrastructure, saying that the number of Highways and airports doubled in India after 2014.
The Jammu and Kashmir Traffic Police advised commuters not to undertake journeys through the highway without confirmation from the Traffic Control Units (TCUs).