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Four national highways among 350 roads shut as snow, rain lash Himachal

Snowfall in the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh crippled daily life in the tribal Lahaul & Spiti and the Kinnaur districts while 350 roads, including four national highways in the state, were closed for traffic. The state's mid and low hills were lashed by intermittent rain while the Met office in Shimla has issued a red warning for thunderstorms with lightning, hailstorm and heavy rain at isolated places along with gusty winds reaching speeds of 40-50 kilometres per hour on Saturday. Snowfall in the higher reaches of the Chamba, Kinnaur and the Lahaul & Spiti districts led to the closure of roads and transformers becoming non-functional. A maximum 290 roads are closed in Lahaul & Spiti, 32 in Kinnaur, 10 in Mandi, eight in Chamba, seven in Kullu, two in Shimla and one in Kangra. At least 1,314 transformers are out of order in Himachal Pradesh, according to the State Emergency Operation Centre. The remote Dodra Kwar subdivision of Shimla district has been cut off from ..

Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar NH suspended due to multiple landslides

Traffic was suspended on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway early on Saturday after heavy rainfall triggered multiple landslides and shooting stones in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was blocked at over half a dozen places between Nashri and Banihal, they said. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) have mobilised men and machines to clear the highway for one-way traffic, officials said. Traffic on the highway has been restricted to one-way since February 26 and was being used alternatively from Jammu and Srinagar after heavy rains and snowfall damaged the arterial road at several places last week. According to the meteorological department, Banihal recorded the highest 74.4 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours, ending around 8.30 am on Saturday. It said snowfall in high-altitude areas and rains in the plains will continue at most places in the Union ...

Nitin Gadkari approves Rs 3,890.45 cr for NH-913 construction in Arunachal

The Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways has approved the construction of the Frontier Highway in three sections spanning a total of 202.14 km

Highway construction likely to reach 13K km in FY24: Highways secretary

Jain said the Ministry of Road and Highways (MoRTH) seeks to award 10,000 km of projects to maintain the pace of infrastructure development

Road ministry aims to construct record 13,813 km of highways in FY24

Jain further said the road ministry aims to garner Rs 40,000 crore through asset monetisation in the current financial year. Going forward, there will be more private investment for road projects

Centre plans to eliminate 9,000 accident prone spots on NHs by May 2025

Some highways in the country have old engineering defects, but the new roads and highways are incorporating road safety features, Highways Secretary Anurag Jain said

Home truths: Luxury real estate looks set to retain its sheen this year

Stamp duty cuts, reduced circle rates, changing demographics propel high-end homes to new heights

UP govt orders closure of all illegal cuts on NHs to avert accidents

All the district magistrates of the state have been instructed to give effective orders to the concerned to immediately close the illegal cuts on national highways in their jurisdiction

NHAI, National Remote Sensing Centre to develop green cover index

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has signed an agreement with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) to develop a "Green Cover Index" for the extensive network of National Highways in India, an official statement said on Wednesday. According to the statement, since the initiation of the Green Highways Policy in 2015, the prioritization of greening Highway Corridors has been a focal point for the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and NHAI and presently, the monitoring of plantations relies on site visits by field personnel. "Using the capabilities of emerging technologies to enhance in-situ data collection and supplement plantation management and monitoring, including performance audits conducted by NHAI, the NRSC will undertake a comprehensive pan-India estimation of green cover, referred to as the "Green Cover Index" for National Highways using high-resolution satellite imagery," the statement said. It will also facilitate targeted interventions in .

Budgetary allocation to road ministry jumps to Rs 2.7 trillion in 2023-24

The average annual budgetary allocation of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has increased by 940% from Rs 25,872 crore per year during 2009-14 to Rs 2.7 trillion during 2023-24

Lack of protection works in Gangotri NH: NGT issues notices to authorities

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the authorities concerned, including the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), on a petition claiming lack of some protection works on the Gangotri National Highway in Uttarkashi district of Uttrakhand. According to the petition, NHIDCL failed to take action for the construction of a landslide protection gallery, slope protection work and river protection work. A bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member A Senthil Vel noted that the petitioner's counsel had referred to a communication from an official of NHIDCL in Uttarkashi regarding the need for the construction of a landslide protection gallery and slope protection works including cattle fence at Barethi village in the district. The bench, in a recent order, further noted that the counsel referred to some communications by the district magistrate (DM) of Uttarkashi recognising the need for such works and the .

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: 40 workers trapped, escape route being drilled

A portion of the under construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway collapsed in the early hours of November 12.

Centre sanctioned NH projects worth Rs 3 trillion in 10 yrs in NE: Gadkari

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said national highway projects worth nearly Rs 3 lakh core have been sanctioned in the past 10 years, increasing the length of NH by 45 per cent in the region. Gadkari, however, also warned that the authorities are facing land acquisition problems in some of the NE states such as Nagaland and Meghalaya and projects could be closed if the issues are not resolved soon. Addressing a press conference after reviewing the progress of NH works in Assam, Gadkari said, "Projects worth Rs 2,89,425 have been given to NE in the last 10 years. These comprise upcoming, ongoing and completed projects. He said the length of national highways in the region has gone up from about 10,800 km in 2014 to 15,740 km now. The union minister also announced sanction of Rs 800 crore under two schemes for Assam.

Govt working on policy to make NHs pothole free by year end: Nitin Gadkari

The government is working on a policy to ensure that there are no potholes on national highways by year-end and construction of roads on Built-Operate-Transfer (BOT) mode is being preferred as such projects are maintained in a better manner, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. With an aim to make the national highways free of potholes by the end of December this year, the Road Transport and Highways Ministry is firming up performance-based maintenance and short-term maintenance contracts. Generally, road construction is done through three modes -- BOT, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC), and Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM). "The roads which are constructed under the EPC mode require maintenance quite early whereas under the BOT mode, roads are better constructed as the contractor knows that he will have to bear the cost of maintenance for the next 15-20 years. "That is why we have decided for construction of roads under the BOT mode in a big way," the Road Transp

MotoGP Bharat, Trade show: Transport, traffic, tickets, dates and more

Buses, autos, e-rickshaws, and heavy vehicles have been completely banned on the route; Noida metro rail will increase metro frequency to manage crowds

Slow progress in highway construction persists despite government push

Only 20% of the ambitious target of building 13,800 km of highways have been constructed so far for the financial year

Southern states hold nearly 30% of toll collected on national highways

They account for 19.85 per cent the total length of such roads across the country

Part of Badrinath National Highway washed away in Chamoli due to heavy rain

The Police said that the road was blocked near Navodaya Vidyalaya Peepalkoti on Badrinath National Highway due to the pile-up of debris

2021 saw 225,207 road accidents on national, state highways: Ministry

The year 2019 saw a total of 137,191 accidents on NHs while 116,496 accidents took place in 2020

42 NH projects worth Rs 10,992 cr in bidding stage; 202 projects underway

Toll collection on national highways through FASTags cross Rs 4,000 crore in the last three months, with average toll collection higher than the previous quarter and financial year at Rs 4,406 crore