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Road Ministry taps IIT-Kanpur to fix 'black spots' on highways to prevent accidentsIndia's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is partnering with IIT-Kanpur to leverage AI for identifying and analyzing high-risk road "...
ITPL opens greenfield bitumen derivatives plant near ChennaiIndianOil Total Pvt Ltd (ITPL) has inaugurated a new greenfield Bitumen Derivatives Plant in Gummidipoondi, near Chennai. This facility wil...
Govt targets creation of 10,000 km of National Highways for 2025-26, lowest in seven yearsThe government aims to construct 10,000 km of national highways in 2025-26, the lowest target in seven years. The road transport ministry t...
Govt has built 95,000 km of national highways in last 10 years: Road secretary Anurag JainOver the past nine-and-a-half years, the road ministry has constructed approximately 92,000 km of national highways, with a plan to increas...
Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate, lay foundation stone for 31 projects in Jharkhand on March 23Of these, 21 pertain to state capital Ranchi, entailing an estimated investment of Rs 9,453 crore, and nine to Jamshedpur at a cost of Rs 3...
Armenia proposes Iran-Black Sea corridor for Indian tradersThe proposed corridor-which will run parallel to the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC)-will aim to connect Mumbai with B...
NHAI plans to award contracts for road projects worth Rs 25,000 cr for Bengal in FY23In a bid to reduce congestion from Vidyasagar Setu in the state, it has decided to construct a 6.5-km six-lane elevated road on the existin...
National highways must have appropriate road safety measures: Nitin GadkariThe committee members from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha expressed their concern over the large number of accidents and deaths on roads. It...
World Bank, GoI ink pact for USD 500-mn project to develop green, safe highway corridorsThe Green National Highways Corridors Project will support MoRTH construct 783 km of highways in various geographies by integrating safe an...
Projects worth Rs 50,000 crore being developed in Kerala as part of Mumbai-Kanyakumari corridor: GadkariMumbai-Kanyakumari Economic Corridor with a length of 1,760 kilometres is being developed as a part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana.
Endeavour to cut accidents, deaths on roads by 25% by March next year: Nitin GadkariUnderlining the need for generating awareness and education for the masses at large towards reducing or eliminating mortality on the roads ...
Major study to be instituted to upgrade 6,000 km of National Highways to global standardsThe Narendra Modi-led government has decided to institute a major study into over 6,000 km of national highways which covers over a dozen s...
Highways may be ranked on safety, mobilityDuring the assessment of highways, NHAI will look at the duration of traffic jams on highway stretches, the way-side amenities available an...
Government looks to award Rs 1 lakh crore road projects in North East: Nitin GadkariThe ministry plans to extend this scheme to road accident victims on North-South corridor, East-West Corridor and Golden Quadrilateral.
Draft National Wildlife Action Plan wants drones to monitor protected areasThe draft National Wildlife Action Plan for 2017-31 has urged that drones and “electronic eyes” be used to monitor protected areas to check...
Kolkata to Kunming: Indian and Chinese strategies converging to build land and trade ties in northeastDuring Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Beijing visit in October, Kunming and Kolkata were declared sister cities.
Wildlife Trust of India moves SC to save big catsOpposing the proposed expansion of national highway in Madhya Pradesh's Pench Tiger Sanctuary, Wildlife Trust of India has moved Supreme Co...