Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, recently said, the Centre has approved Rs 1,338 crore for an access-controlled highway project on NH-40. This highway project covers 28 kilometers from Walajapet/Ranipet to the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border.
CM Sai participated in the review meeting chaired by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to review the progress of national highway projects in Chhattisgarh. The highway connecting Ayodhya to Chhattisgarh was also discussed in the meeting.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has amended the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008. The fee exemption provided in the new amendment will only benefit private vehicles with GNSS.
On July 10, the road was blocked due to a landslide from the hill near the Patal Ganga Langsi tunnel on the Badrinath National Highway. Heavy rain in parts of Uttarakhand over the past few days triggered landslides in the hills with the highway to Badrinath blocked at a number of points by rubble.
Uttarakhand weather update: Due to heavy rainfall, the Rudraprayag Gaurikund National Highway 107 is blocked in the Doliya Devi (Phata) area. Efforts are underway to open the road.
Following the incident, the injured were rushed to the Civil Hospital in Ambala Cantt. The fatal accident occurred on the Ambala-Delhi-Jammu National Highway.
Heavy rains in Ramban have caused landslides along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, resulting in its closure. Falling rocks from the mountains further exacerbated the situation.
Dibang Valley has witnessed heavy rainfall in past few days leading to landslide yesterday. The NHIDCL has mobilised resources for earliest restoration of the affected stretch of highway.
"The entire snow clearance operation was executed by 111 Road Construction Company (RCC) and 753 Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) under Project HIMANK of BRO, in Ladakh region and 70 RCC and 38 BRTF under Project Deepak in Himachal Pradesh," the BRO spokesperson said.
Earlier in a similar incident, a part of the highway was blocked due to mudslides and shooting stones. Interestingly, the area is prone to landslides with heavy rocks and stones falling from mountains thus blocking roads.
The change in toll fee is part of an annual exercise to revise the rates that are linked to the changes in the wholesale price index based inflation. The annual revision of toll hikes was to come into effect on April 1 for most of tolled highways and expressways stretch across the country.
There is a possibility of intermittent light rain or snow at a few places on Sunday, after which the weather is likely to stay dry till April 5, said the Meteorological Department officials.
On Friday, traffic moved one-way from Jammu to Srinagar on the highway. Meanwhile, authorities have decided to suspend traffic on the highway for 14 hours beginning at 10:00 pm on Saturday for widening of the highway.
The Ambala-Chandigarh Highway has been reopened after a closure lasting 22 days amidst ongoing farmers' protests.
According to the MTOA president, no commercial vehicles carrying essential commodities and passengers will run between Vairengte and Sairang.
The victims have been identified as Namita, Raghunath Bhajantri, Pankaj Sharma, and Vamshi Krishna, with two of them being employed at Infosys and Accenture, according to News 9.
Uttar Pradesh crime news: Shahjahanpur SSP Ashok Kumar Meena said, "We are trying to identify the victim and her pictures have been shared across nearby police stations. The autopsy report is expected to be crucial in the related case."
Manipur landslide: At least 500 goods vehicles are stranded in different parts of the highway due to the landslides, officials said.
Some of the other roads are also blocked today due to rain-related incidents. According to Shimla Police, Tutikandi-Phagli bypass is blocked near Kanlog; Cart Road is blocked near Edward School, Shimla; Mehli-Badagaon-Shoghi is blocked near Beolia; Shimla-Mandi NH 205 is blocked near Hiranagar.
The NHAI has launched a mobile application 'Rajmargyatra', aiming to improve the user experience on the National Highways. The travelers will be able to get weather updates and other details in the app.
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