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Toll system cannot be ended, says Nitin Gadkari
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): The toll system cannot be ended and the people will have to pay if they want good services as the government does not have enough funds, Union Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Members raise demands about new, pending roads, seek return of CRIF to roa
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 15 (ANI) Members of Lok Sabha on Monday raised demands about pending and new road projects in their constituencies with many of them demanding that Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) should be brought back to Road Transport and Highways Ministry from Finance Ministry
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Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI) The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was on Monday introduced in the Lok Sabha with Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari urging the members to pass it to save lakhs of lives who get killed in road accidents every year.
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Gadkari bats for electric vehicles, biofuels
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday rooted for electric vehicles and biofuels as more cost-effective, pollution free and indigenous source of energy and said that it is beneficial for all.
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'Govt to spend Rs 14,000 cr for identifying "black spots" on highways to c
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 11 (ANI) Expressing concern over the road accidents, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that the government would spend Rs 14,000 crores on identifying "black spots" on national highway to reduce the accidents.
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Himachal CM urges Nitin Gadkari to provide assistance in implementing rope
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday called on Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi and urged him to approve a grant Rs. 500 crore for the implementation of ropeway projects in the st
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Centre will consider mandatory safety standards to check accidents: Gadkar
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Centre will consider making mandatory manufacturing of vehicle tyres to international standards and filling them with nitrogen to avoid busting to check accidents, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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Andhra: Legislator travels by bus to connect with commuters
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 6 (ANI): Chetti Phalguna, the legislator from Andhra Pradesh's Araku, travelled on a state-run bus to connect with people and experience the issues the commuters face in public transport.
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MSRTC slashes fares of Mumbai-Pune bus service
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Maharashtra [India], July 4 (ANI): Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) on Wednesday slashed the prices of Mumbai-Pune AC bus services "Shivneri" and "Ashvamedh" by Rs 80 and Rs 120 each respectively.
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Goyal reviews draft National Logistics Policy, calls for reducing in agri
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday asked four key ministries to leverage existing infrastructure and work in coordination with each other to reduce logistics cost from 14 per cent of GDP to 9 per cent by 2022.
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Assam: Nine injured as bus plunges into pond in Barpeta
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Barpeta (Assam) [India], Jun 26 (ANI): Nine people were critically injured on Wednesday after a Bus lost control and fell into a pond in Goremari village here.
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APSRTC merger with the state govt to take place in 60-90 days: P Venkatesw
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jun 21 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister Perni Venkateswara Rao on Thursday said that the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) will be merged with the state government and the process will be finished in 60 to 90 days.
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