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Guwahati ring road faces wildlife scrutiny after HC interventionThe Gauhati High Court has mandated an ecological impact study for the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary. This study by the Wildlife Institute of ...
Time to think of the repair cycle? 8 engineering stocks from India’s capital goods ecosystem with upside potential of up to 26%At a time when the markets are focused on war, crude oil, inflation, and supply disruption, it is easy to miss a quieter shift. India’s eng...
29-year-old techie dies after car rams into crane during roadwork in GurugramA software engineer lost his life early Saturday morning. His car collided with a crane allegedly parked without warning signs near Sikande...
Israel Lebanon war: How Hezbollah’s $4,000 fibre-optic drones are challenging the superior Israeli militaryHezbollah is using inexpensive fibre-optic drones against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. These drones are difficult to detect and coun...
Tactical investing: 6 stocks for your watchlist as the Gulf rebuild approaches; 4 with positive upside potential of up to 25%Peace is something that has eluded West Asia a long time. For old Gulf watchers, statements and counter-statements of the kind seen in the ...
SC issues pan-India directions for road safety, says expressways should not become corridor of perilThe Supreme Court has mandated new nationwide road safety rules. Heavy vehicles are now banned from parking on expressways, except at desig...
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...
Road contractors should be held responsible for accidents: Nitin GadkariFaulty road construction in India should be made a non-bailable offence, holding contractors and engineers accountable, as suggested by Min...
Road ministry decides to double 'defect liability period' under EPC contracts to 10 years: GadkariUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that the government will double the defect liability period for contractors of EPC projects from 5 t...
Government to inspect 100% quality tests by contractors under EPC mode of highway constructionMinistry of road transport and highways on Thursday notified amendments to the model engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreem...
Road builders may be liable for 10 yearsUnder the EPC mode, the maintenance of highways is the responsibility of the central government after the defect-liability period is over. ...
MLA aides dig up new road in Shahjahanpur after contractor refused to pay 'Goonda Tax'Miscreants claiming to be associated with a local MLA in Shahjahanpur dug a 7-km road using heavy machinery, assaulted workers, and set mac...
Municipality imposes Rs 50 lakh fine on 33 contractors for poor quality roads in Pune"Earlier, the city civic administration had slapped around Rs 8 lakh fine on contractors for not carrying out proper road repairing work. M...
Liquidity-related relaxation to road contractors extend till June endThis comes after it was observed that the measure provided good liquidity to contractors responsible for construction of national highways,...
- Contractors too scared to build roads in the Naxalism affected region 'Bastar'
No big contractor is bidding for these projects despite the government changing its criteria for bidders. The government is now seriously c...
- Naxal fears slow down road projects
In the Bastar region, several road projects have not been awarded as contractors are not coming forward to bid for the projects.
- Naxal-hit states ask for more roads
The centre’s plan to provide road connectivity in 33 Naxal-affected districts has made states queue up for more.