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27 Jun 2024

NHAI Sets Up Dedicated Cell To Review Project Reports Of National Highways

To ensure the highest construction standards, cost-effectiveness and timely completion of National Highway projects, NHAI has set up a Detailed Project Report (DPR) cell at NHAI headquarters in New Delhi

10 Jun 2023

Children Living Near Highways More At Risk To Develop Atopic Dermatitis: Study

The study reveals children who lived at least a thousand metres away from heavily used highways had a decreased risk of developing atopic dermatitis than those who lived within 500 metres.

09 May 2023

Anand Mahindra Urges Nitin Gadkari For VR Simulator Of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

Impressed by the newly-inaugurated Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, Anand Mahindra lauded Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Twitter for such scenic road infrastructure of the country.

27 Nov 2022

Haridwar police to implement ‘new TRAFFIC plan’, bans THIS vehicle on highways

Haridwar traffic police make a ‘big traffic plan’ to overcome jams To implement this new rule from December 1 Haridwar traffic police bans e-rickshaw from highways

21 Nov 2022

Odisha govt to set up truck terminals on THESE locations to curb accidents

Odisha government is planning to set up truck terminals along national and state highways State transport department has identified six locations for truck terminals Objectives of developing truck terminals are to reduce accidents

09 Nov 2022

'Before 2024...' Nitin Gadkari says India's road will be equal to that of US

Union minister Nitin Gadkari, in a recent statement, said that the amount of work done in building roads in 8 years wasn't done in the last 65 years.

19 Oct 2022

Officials will be held responsible for fatal road accidents due to poor roads

As per NCRB data over 1.55 lakh lives were lost in road crashes in 2021 Based on NCRB 18 people lose lives in every single hour road crashes The step is supposed to increase road safety

Jyotiraditya Scindia

19 Oct 2022

'New highways should have helipads...' Government mulls new infra project

The helipads will help in emergencies They will also be helpful in increasing connectivity The government is also considering starting Air Ambulance service

15 Sep 2022

Automotive OEMs should be quality-centric not cost-centric: Nitin Gadkari

At the 62nd annual session of SIAM, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari asked automobile manufacturers to sell quality-centric products and to cut down on imports.

07 Apr 2022

Travel Delhi to Srinagar by road in just 8 hours, Nitin Gadkari tells how

People will be able to reach Delhi from Srinagar in just 8 hours, says Nitin Gadkari Govt has taken up several infrastructure projects to improve connectivity Such projects will increase connectivity between the two cities

23 Feb 2022

THIS highway will make Manipur major centre for East Asia connectivity

Rail connectivity will improve tourism in the region National highway connectivity has also witnessed unprecedented work in the last few years It will provide the youth with employment opportunities

27 May 2018

Photos: PM Modi inaugurates Eastern Peripheral Expressway, holds roadshow

PM Modi on May 27, 2018, inaugurated the Rs 11,000-crore Eastern Peripheral Expressway.

24 Mar 2018

Govt plans to develop 2 lakh km of highways, 12 expressways: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that government plans to develop 2 lakh km of highways and 12 expressways across the country.

Highway liquor ban

31 Jul 2017

Highway liquor ban: Delhi govt to re-verify 40 hotels, clubs, restaurants

In March, the Supreme Court had banned sale of liquor within 500 metres of state and national highways including in bars, pubs and restaurants.

28 Jun 2017

Court issues notice to Punjab over move to allow liquor sale in hotels near highways

The Punjab Council of Ministers had, on June 19, approved the proposal to amend the state excise act.

19 Jun 2017

Hotels, restaurants on highways can now serve liquor: Punjab govt

Ahead of the state budget, the Punjab Council of Ministers (CoM), led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, on Monday gave its nod to remove hotels, restaurants and clubs from the restrictions on serving of liquor within 500 meters of highways.

13 Apr 2017

Odisha renames highways as urban roads to beat liquor vends ban

In a bid to avoid closure of liquor shops in the state in the wake of a Supreme Court order, the Odisha government has renamed the state highways passing through cities and towns as `urban roads`.

Highway liquor ban

02 Apr 2017

Liquor ban: Hospitality industry seeks govt intervention

"We are planning to meet the tourism minster to apprise him of the enormous losses to both states and to the industry," NRAI President Riyaaz Amlani told PTI.

Economic Corridor project

14 Sep 2016

Govt plans Rs 3-lakh-crore Economic Corridor project to build 35,000-km highway network

Government may soon come up with an ambitious Rs 3-lakh-crore Economic Corridor project to develop 35,000 km of highways for faster movement of freight.

08 Aug 2016

Remove encroachments along highways: Himachal HC

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday directed the state to provide sufficient manpower to the authorities concerned to remove encroachments along the Kalka-Shimla and Shimla-Dharamsala national highways.

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