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Railways stakes claim for coal transport planning, fix 'big mismatch'

Coal freight is railways' biggest source of revenue, earning it Rs 67,000 crore in 2021-22

Gadkari seeks environment ministry's approval to build wider hill roads

Accidents can be avoided in Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, says union minister

Sikkim road, rail connectivity projects to be completed by 2023: Minister

Capital road and rail connectivity projects of Sikkim will be completed by 2023, Union Minister for Development Of North Eastern Region (DoNER) G Kishan Reddy said. Addressing the 47th Statehood Day of Sikkim Celebrations in New Delhi on Thursday, Reddy assured of every possible support from the central government to the state. The Centre and state governments in the North East will work in tandem to ensure the overall development of the region, he said. "Sikkim received its first airport at Pakyong in 2018...the Capital road and rail connectivity projects will be completed by 2023," he said. Hailing Sikkim for being the first state in world to record 100 per cent organic farming, the minister said it was the perfect example to show that development and environment sustainability can go hand in hand. This was the first occasion where Sikkim's statehood day was celebrated at a national level ever since it officially became an Indian state on May 16, 1975. The function, which was .

MSRTC merger ruled out, agitating staffers asked to join work by March 30

A section of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees have been on strike since October last year, demanding that the undertaking be merged with the state government

Mumbai-Goa highway stretch in Raigad of poor quality, says expert

PN Padalikar, who was appointed in 2020 due to a case filed by advocate Ajay Upadhye in 2016, had inspected the 148-kilometre stretch from Palaspe to Poladpur on February 1 and 2 this year

Gadkari to chair conference on investment opportunities in Mumbai today

Nitin Gadkari will chair National Conference on 'Investment Opportunities in Highways, Transport and Logistics' in Mumbai on Friday.

Gadkari's idea of musical sounds for vehicle horns is easy to execute, but…

…the question is whether doing so will reduce the cacophony on Indian roads

Long waiting of trucks at Bangla land border cause for concern: exporters

Exporters on Wednesday expressed discontent over long waiting periods of trucks at Petrapole and Ghojadanga land borders.

Maharashtra bandh: Road transport affected, shops closed in many cities

Leaders of three ruling parties - Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP - staged protests against the Lakhmipur Kheri incident, and Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut claimed the bandh was 100 per cent successful.

Pick up in economic activities boosts freight rates, CV sales in August

For the first time since Covid outbreak, revenue of the operators is outpacing income and prompting them not only to replace older trucks but also expand fleet

My target is to achieve 100 km per day of highway construction: Gadkari

The pace of highway construction in the country touched a record 37 km per day in 2020-21.

Govt proposes exempting battery-operated vehicles from registration fees

The government has proposed exempting battery-operated vehicles from the requirement of fee payment for registration certificates

RTC employees strike in Karnataka enters third day, bus services hit

Bus services were hit in Karnataka for the third consecutive day on Friday, as the stalemate between the employees of the road transport corporations and the state government continues

Karnataka RTC workers' strike enters second day, bus services hit

Bus services remained hit across Karnataka for the second consecutive day on Thursday as drivers and conductors of road transport corporations continued their indefinite strike on wage related issues

Over 40 mn old vehicles on Indian roads, Karnataka tops list at 700,000

Over four crore vehicles older than 15 years are plying on roads pan-India and fall under the ambit of green tax, with Karnataka occupying the top slot with more than 70 lakh such vehicles

Transporters against e-way bill validity period reduction from Jan 1

Transporters' apex body AIMTC said the move will disrupt the supply chain

Covid-19 impact: As debt piles up, transporters surrender or sell trucks

IFTRT says 30,000 trucks have either been impounded or surrendered

From road transport to health insurance, tax rules that changed from Oct 1

TCS at the rate of 5% imposed on money remitted outside India

Domestic road transport sector likely to contract by 18-20% in FY21: Icra

40-day nationwide lockdown aggravated the prevailing softness in the Indian economic activity

Centre likely to rework NHAI financing plans amid Covid-19 crisis

A committee, under the chairmanship of Nilesh Sathe, former member of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), has been set up.