The route has been closed as repair work is likely to take 2-3 days, causing traffic movement to be diverted to alternative routes.
The passenger vehicle was traveling toward Padgha when it collided with another vehicle coming from Nashik, according to the Padgha police.
The truck rammed into a hotel near a bus stop on the highway and overturned, a police official said.
In a joint statement, the two organisations said that the blockade on the highway has been lifted with immediate effect, following an appeal by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
This accomplishment highlights the dedication and ingenuity of India's road infrastructure industry. I extend my congratulations to the exceptional teams of Cube Highways, L&T, and Ghaziabad Aligarh Expressway Pvt Ltd (GAEPL) for their outstanding achievement, said Nitin Gadkari.
This highway will serve as a primary route for traffic flow between Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, and will improve the connectivity of North/East Delhi with Noida and Ghaziabad, the Union Minister informed.
Tolls on India’s main highways are set to climb by more than 10% on average beginning April 1. The largest increase will be 18% on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.
Calling it a 'remarkable achievement' for the country and its bamboo sector, Gadkari said this crash barrier offers a perfect alternative to steel and addresses environmental concerns.
The Mumbai-based company said that upon award of this project, its order book will stand at Rs 20,892 crores (excluding GST), of which, the construction order book will be at Rs 9,714 crores.
Pune highway pileup: At least 10 to 15 people had received minor injuries while 6 to 8 people had to be shifted to a hospital for treatment, a police official said.
Gadkari said that the government is now looking at two options -- a satellite-based toll system where the GPS will be there in a car and the toll will be directly subtracted from the passenger's bank account and the other option through number plates.
Punjab News: CM Bhagwant Mann said the 254-km long Delhi-Katra highway will be constructed at a cost Rs 11,510 crore and will pass through nine districts of the state -- Jalandhar, Sangrur, Malerkotla, Patiala, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur.
Addressing an event organised by the Hydraulic Trailer Owners Association, the road transport and highways minister said the government is constructing tunnels worth Rs 2.5 lakh crore.
The impact of the collision was so devastating that the truck's driver couldn't control it and ramped onto the roadside fencing which casued a massive fire and within moments the truck was engulfed in flames.
Over 500 stranded vehicles, mostly trucks, have been cleared from Jammu to Srinagar after the road was cleared of the debris.
Speaking to reporters at the Z-Morh tunnel site, Union Minister Gadkari said his ministry is also building 20 tunnels of a total length of 32 km in Jammu and Kashmir and 11 tunnels of a total length of 20 km in Ladakh.
The expressway will connect the urban centres of Delhi through the Delhi-Faridabad-Sohna section of the corridor along with a spur to Jewar Airport and Jawaharlal Nehru Port to Mumbai.
State Disaster Management Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said according to the information received from the Lahaul-Spiti District Emergency Operation Centre, boulders came down near Killing Sarai in Lahaul valley, blocking the Manali-Leh national highway-3.
The strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was blocked on Friday by a massive landslide in the Ramban district.
The highway was thrown open for traffic after remaining closed for 58 days due to snowfall, a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) spokesman said.
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