The finance ministry has proposed productivity tests for railways, road transport, shipping, and metro rail projects to evaluate their impact on the economy and people’s lives. The Niti Aayog will monitor the data generated by these tests and provide recommendations. A study will also be conducted to assess the optimal share of different modes of … Read more
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at an event marking the 75th anniversary of Ashok Leyland in Chennai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: RAGU R Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that the Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway would be ready in January and the travelling time would be 2 hours. “We are building … Read more
Iron fence has been removed on some stretches of Bengaluru-Mysuru access controlled expressway. | Photo Credit: BHAGYA PRAKASH K A 30-year-old advocate, Govind Ramesh, was travelling on the Mysuru-Bengaluru expressway when he stopped his car on the service road near Mandya and stepped out to speak on the phone. The time was around 10.45 p.m. … Read more
The accident took place in early hours on Tuesday near Sarlambe village in Shahpur tehsil, an official said. | Photo Credit: ANI Fourteen workers were killed as a girder machine fell on them during construction of the third phase of Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Tuesday, police said. The machine is a special-purpose … Read more
A toll booth on the Bengaluru Mysuru Expressway. On the first day of toll collection following the inauguration, protests and technical glitches are being observed on the expressway. | Photo Credit: BHAGYA PRAKASH K After a few outfits staged protests opposing the NHAI’s decision to impose toll on the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway from March 14 (Tuesday), … Read more
The view of 119 km Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway project on NH-275, 6-10 lane access-controlled highway with a route alignment, by National Highways Authority of India, is all set for inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Mandya on Sunday to inaugurate … Read more
Amidst the ongoing tussle for credit among BJP, Congress and anata Dal (Secular) for the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway which will be inaugurated on Sunday, the Aam Aadmi Party in Mysuru on Saturday said the parties were fighting amongst themselves conveniently forgetting that the expressway was built from the taxpayers’ money. Hitting out at the parties for … Read more
Randeep Singh Surjewala, AICC General Secretary questioned as to why there was no bridge that came up over river Brahmaputra in Majuli. He said, “We remember the speech of Narendra Modiji on world’s largest river island Majuli on 26.3.2016. He had appealed to the public to vote and they will build a bridge over the … Read more
Farmers protesting the Centre’s three farm laws on Saturday blocked the six-lane Kundli Manesar Palwal (KMP) Expressway at some places in Haryana to mark the completion of 100 days of their agitation at the Delhi borders. The road blockade began at 11 am and continued till 4 pm. Farmers holding black flags and wearing black … Read more
NEW DELHI: Loud rustic protest songs blared from speakers, the Tricolour fluttered atop trucks and tractors, and commuters mostly waited patiently as farmers blocked the KMP Expressway Saturday as part of their three-hour ‘chakka jam‘ to press their demand of repealing the three new agricultural laws. The call for the nationwide ‘chakka jam’ between 12-3 … Read more