Faulty road construction should be made non-bailable offence: Highways Minister Nitin GadkariUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari states that faulty road construction should be non-bailable, holding contractors and engineers accountable for...
16 Jan, 2025, 09.59 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari pitches for permanent cadre for NHAIThe road transport and highways minister said there can be bonafide mistakes, which have to be rectified and also urged the officials to ta...
06 Feb, 2024, 10.04 PM IST
Road ministry to come up with cashless treatment for accident victimsThe Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is actively working to achieve its goal of halving the number of deaths and injuries from road ...
24 Jan, 2024, 06.21 PM IST
Tamil Nadu has most number of black spots in NH network: Nitin GadkariThe government has identified 5,803 black spots in the entire National Highways network in the country, with Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and K...
21 Dec, 2023, 05.45 PM IST
Target set to reduce road accidents, deaths by half by 2024: Nitin Gadkari"To achieve this target, the Union government has spent Rs 25,000 crore so far to remove black spots (sites where multiple accidents have t...
01 Oct, 2022, 05.11 PM IST
Cyrus Mistry death: Road audit to be carried out in Palghar; joint visit of highway officials, cops planned on Sep 14Confirming the development, Collector Govind Bodke told PTI a joint visit of highway officials and police has been planned for September 14...
08 Sep, 2022, 10.40 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari urges road makers to plan safer highwaysCommenting on the flaws in road design, he said, “Our engineers should take a look into these issues. None of our Detailed Project Reports ...
28 Jun, 2022, 09.07 PM IST
60% of black spots behind over 28,000 highway deaths in 3 yrs rectified: Govt in RTI replyA maximum of 496 black spots are in Tamil Nadu followed by West Bengal 450, Karnataka 408, Andhra Pradesh 357, Telangana 336 and Uttar Prad...
31 Oct, 2021, 05.05 PM IST
Road ministry to take 'advance action' for removal of accident spots on national highwaysAs per government data, during the calendar year 2020, a total of 3,66,138 road accidents were recorded in India. The road ministry said it...
09 Sep, 2021, 08.45 PM IST
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 ...
05 Jun, 2020, 05.14 PM IST
Transport ministry hopes Rajya Sabha will clear MV Bill in next sessionYudhvir Singh Malik, Secretary (Road Transport and Highways) said the Bill has already been cleared by the Lok Sabha in April and the Upper...
13 Sep, 2017, 04.54 PM IST
BlackBuck finds a way to unchoke highwaysThe company was recently asked to identify the choke points on the national highways by the transport ministry.
05 Apr, 2017, 02.22 PM IST
Government to reduce road deaths by half in 2 years: Nitin GadkariGadkari called upon all Project Directors and Regional Officers of Highway Projects to adopt a sensitive, sensible approach to tackle the p...
25 Oct, 2016, 04.08 PM IST
Government initiates move to fix black spots on highways; target to halve road deaths in 4 yearsIndia has the highest number of road fatalities in the world with road accidents claiming more than 1.4 lakh lives every year, according to...
17 Aug, 2016, 03.49 AM IST
Government issues direction for fixing 726 accident spotsGovernment has issued directions to concerned agencies for the rectification of 726 black spots, which cause a high number of accidents in ...
14 Mar, 2016, 04.25 PM IST
Roads ministry identifies 22 deadliest spots on national highwaysThree districts of Tamil Nadu and four dis ricts of Uttar Pradesh have he country's deadliest stretches on national highways.
17 Dec, 2015, 12.23 PM IST
Road accidents: Now, a road map to fix 25 killer 'black spots'An engineering solution is also being examined for vehicle design and certification, which could be made a standard requirement for vehicle...
17 Feb, 2012, 08.55 AM IST