highway construction

Beijing, March 31 Four people were killed and nine others were injured following an explosion at a highway tunnel under construction in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, local officials said on Tuesday.The blast occurred on Monday afternoon at a construction site for a section of the...

Relevance: RushSubject: InfrastructureKey Features: Complete all phasesCategory: DevelopmentJammu-Akhnoor Project Nears Completion: GovernmentDeputy Chief Minister says the Jammu-Akhnoor four-lane project on NH-144A is in an advanced stage, with the remaining work targeted for phased...

Chandigarh, March 27 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said that along with strengthening the state's road network, several concrete steps have been taken to improve road safety.Efforts are being made to reduce road accidents through identifying and improving accident-prone...

New Delhi, March 27 Ceigal India on Friday said its subsidiary, Ceigall Infra Projects Pvt Ltd (CIPPL), has secured a contract worth ₹603 crore from NHAI for the construction of a six-lane, access-controlled spur road in Punjab.The project involves developing a 10.300-km stretch starting from...

Mumbai, March 24 Concerned over the slow pace of spending in the highways sector, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday that the government can mobilize up to Rs 8 lakh crore per year for road projects.Highway construction has great relevance from a socio-economic perspective, and...

New Delhi, March 19 Hindustan Construction Company Ltd (HCC) announced on Thursday that it had secured a contract worth Rs 1,662 crore from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to build a section of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road in Mumbai.The contract has been awarded to the...

Gopeshwar, March 18 The first phase of redevelopment projects underway at the Badrinath Dham, under a master plan, has been completed, officials said on Wednesday.This marks the beginning of the second phase of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious master plan, they said.The redevelopment...

New Delhi, March 18 – The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved on Wednesday the construction of the 4-lane, access-controlled National Highway 927 from Barabanki to Bahraich, which will span 101.515 km in Uttar Pradesh, with an investment of...

New Delhi, March 18 The Union Cabinet approved on Wednesday the construction of a 4-lane, access-controlled National Highway-927 from Barabanki to Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh, at a cost of ₹6,969.04 crore.The 101.515 km project aims to provide seamless connectivity to key economic, social, and...

Guwahati, March 13 The NHAI has received 18 bids for upgrading the 85.6-km-long highway stretch from Kaliabar to Numaligarh, including the construction of the 34.5-km elevated corridor within the Kaziranga National Park, according to an official release.The National Highways Authority of India...

Hyderabad, March 11 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday directed officials to formulate plans to develop connecting roads to alleviate traffic congestion in Hyderabad.Reddy, who held a meeting with officials regarding road development as per the state government's '2047...

Guwahati, March 11 – Assam Urban Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika accused the Congress party on Wednesday of spreading misinformation about infrastructure development in the state, alleging that false claims were circulated suggesting that a newly built highway in Assam was “AI-generated”.In a...

On March 11, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for multiple development projects across Tamil Nadu worth approximately ₹5,650 crore. These projects are expected to create thousands of jobs for the youth of the state.Wearing a traditional shirt and dhoti...

New Delhi, March 11 The government has decided to construct a new Green Express highway between Surat and Kurnool, which will reduce the distance between Delhi and Chennai by 320 kms, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.Responding to supplementary queries...

New Delhi, March 10 The Cabinet approved the four-laning of a section of the Delhi-Mumbai expressway in Madhya Pradesh on a hybrid annuity mode at a cost of ₹3,839.42 crore on Tuesday.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the development...

New Delhi, March 10: India's road network has expanded rapidly over the past 11 years, becoming the second-largest in the world. According to official data, the country has 1,46,560 km of national highways, making it the second-largest road network globally.The government has constructed...

Indore, March 10 The construction of an ambitious highway connecting Madhya Pradesh's financial capital Indore to Hyderabad will be completed by December this year, with the work involving three tunnels carved through mountains, officials said.These tunnels will allow motorists to avoid steep...

Indore, March 9 The construction of an ambitious highway connecting Madhya Pradesh's financial capital Indore to Hyderabad will be completed by December this year, officials said, adding that the project involves the creation of three tunnels through mountains.The opening of the four-lane...

Gandhinagar/Botad, March 9 – A 22.5-km stretch of road connecting Botad, Salangpur, and Barwala will be widened into a four-lane road at an estimated cost of more than Rs 124.40 crore, Botad MLA Umesh Makwana said on Monday.According to the details, the Botad-Salangpur-Barwala road will be...

Jaipur, March 5 – The search for Prince, also known as Tillu, who went missing from Ramdeva’s Dhani in Unbara village six years ago, continues to be fruitless. Despite a 12-day search operation on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway to locate his remains, police have not found any concrete evidence...