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Published on Nov 03, 2021 11:56 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

Widening of Parwanoo-Solan highway in Himachal hits Covid hurdle, set to miss second deadline

IN THE SLOW LANE Work started in 2015 but lack of coordination and labour shortage amid pandemic are roadblocks in journey to completion

Work in progress on the Parwanoo-Solan highway widening project on Friday. The National Highway Authority of India plans to complete work on it by December this year.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 21, 2020 04:27 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByGaurav Bisht, Shimla

MC chief Sabharwal tells NHAI to expedite construction of ongoing projects in Ludhiana

The projects discussed in a meeting included construction of service lanes on Ferozepur Road, non-functional streetlights and the steps to be taken for draining out rainwater during monsoon season

The ongoing construction of different NHAI projects, including the elevated road project, have resulted in traffic bottlenecks and residents are facing tough time in the absence of the service lanes.(HT Photo/For representation)

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Updated on Jun 23, 2020 10:35 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByHT Correspondent

CM seeks ₹536 cr for 17 roads, 10 bridges in Himachal

The CM said that in view of the density of vehicular traffic on national highways, it was crucial that periodic renewal and maintenance of these roads be ensured

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has urged Nitin Gadkari to grant funds for projects and early clearance to 69 highways in the hill state.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 28, 2020 10:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Shimla

Convert crisis into opportunity, accelerate infra projects during lockdown: Gadkari

The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) minister also told industry officials to clear pending dues owed by them to units to ease distress in the sector and inject liquidity into the market.

Nitin Gadkari informed the industry that RBI has allowed rescheduling of term loans and working capital facilities

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Updated on Apr 14, 2020 09:07 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAnisha Dutta

Union ministry to come up with Kharar-Rajpura bypass

The road will give relief to commuters from Delhi moving towards HP and J&K as they won’t have to enter Chandigarh

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Updated on Feb 14, 2020 01:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHillary Victor, Mohali

Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur directs to expedite four-laning road projects

The chief minister said that committees, comprising the representatives of NHAI, state public works department, concerned district administrations and contractors, will be constituted to finalise the issues regarding damages and compensation with respect to these projects

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Updated on Jan 17, 2020 10:35 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Shimla | ByHT Correspondent, Shimla

First day of transition to FASTags: More hybrid lanes opened amid heavy rush

Owing to heavy weekend rush at the Chandimandir toll plaza on the Himalayan Expressway, the authorities had to increase the number of lanes for motorists making cash payments on Sunday, the first day of transition to FASTag on national highways. Chaos was witnessed at the Zirakpur toll plaza on the Chandigarh-Patiala highway and Dappar toll plaza on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway as well, necessitating opening of more hybrid lanes to accept cash payments and clear congestion.

Long queues of vehicles at the Chandimandir toll plaza on Sunday.(Sant Arora/HT)

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Published on Dec 16, 2019 12:47 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Panchkula | ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Panchkula

7 years on, Ludhinana-Talwandi Bhai four-laning project still in limbo

NHAI comes to the rescue of pvt firm, sanctions ₹13.5cr to finish the incomplete work

The project has alone missed three deadlines in 2017—March 31, July 31 and December 31. Around 15% work of the project is still to be completed.(HT PHOTO)

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Published on Dec 15, 2019 12:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByParteek Singh Mahal

As India gears up for FASTag, a ready reckoner

The Centre’s earlier deadline mandating FASTags by December 1 had been postponed to December 15 to provide some more time to citizens to buy and put FASTag on their vehicles.

A man points to the FASTag on his vehicle's windshield, at the toll office at Kherki-Daula toll plaza, in Gurugram, on November 27, 2019.(Yogendra Kumar/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 05, 2020 12:45 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAnisha Dutta

80-year-old banyan tree axed to give way to e-way in Ludhiana

The incident has triggered an outrage among green activists of the city

The axed tree on Ferozepur Road in Ludhiana on Tuesday.(Harsimar Pal Singh/HT)

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Updated on Dec 03, 2019 10:17 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByMohit Khanna, Ludhiana

Kharar flyover:NHAI yet to receive 2 hectares from admn, SDM rubbishes claim

SDM Mohali Jagdeep Sehgal said NHAI is to acquire land with mutual consent from owners, and not from them

NHAI has once agin set a new deadline for completing the Kharar -Chandigarh flyover(Anil Dayal/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Nov 18, 2019 12:40 AM IST

ByIdrees Bukhtiyar, Mohali

NHAI compensation scam: SIT begins probe, senior revenue dept officials come under scanner

3 persons were fraudulently made beneficiaries of compensation for land acquired for Chandigarh-Ludhiana Expressway

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Published on Nov 14, 2019 11:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Nine held for making fake IDs of defence, NHAI, administration officials in Mohali

Police suspect it to be an extortion racket as fake ID cards of officials in the defence forces, civil administration, National Highways Authority of India and even journalists were seized after raids

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Published on Nov 05, 2019 12:41 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mohali | ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Smart lights to be installed on black spots in Mohali: DC

Deputy commissioner Girish Dayalan has directed the sub-divisional magistrates to form a joint team under their jurisdiction to identify the black spots and formulate and submit an action report within a week to prevent accidents on these spots

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Published on Oct 19, 2019 01:07 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mohali | ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Heavy vehicle breakdown main cause of long snarls on Delhi-Gurgaon e-way

The concessionaire, MCEPL, does not have a high-capacity crane required to remove heavy vehicles from the expressway; neither does the NHAI.

Traffic jams are often witnessed on the expressway due to the dearth of necessary infrastructure to tow away heavy vehicles that break down on the 28-km stretch(HT FILE)

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Published on Sep 18, 2019 04:53 AM IST

Gurugram | ByKartik Kumar

Dwarka eway: NHAI given 90 days to transplant trees

As per the permission given by the forest department of the Delhi government, the authority has to transplant 5,717 native trees (small and big) while 3,318 trees of exotic species will be felled.

NHAI officials said that the contractor for package two has hired three companies, which are experts in transplantation, to carry out this elaborate exercise.(HT image)

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Updated on Sep 15, 2019 01:36 AM IST

Gurugram | ByAbhishek Behl

Panel gives 2 options to repair damaged flyover

The damage to the Jaipur-to-Delhi side of the carriageway of the flyover occurred on May 8 this year after chunks of concrete fell from the flyover leading to a hole on the surface of the road.

The Jaipur-Delhi side of the flyover was damaged on May 8 this year. This was the second time it was damaged in a year.(HT File)

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Published on Sep 09, 2019 02:29 AM IST

Gurugram | ByAbhishek Behl

Swachh iconic places: Water kiosks, mule dung plant keep Katra clean

JAMMU The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine has been adjudged the best Swacch Iconic Place in the country for initiatives such as installing water kiosks, setting up an equid dung management centre, putting up kill waste machines, along with regular mopping up of waste by 1,300 sanitation workers.

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Updated on Sep 06, 2019 01:27 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria

Road accident fatalities up by 22% in Panchkula

72 lives were lost in mishaps till July 31 this year as compared to 59 last year over the same interval, says Haryana police data

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Published on Aug 28, 2019 12:53 AM IST

ByYuvraj Kaushal, Panchkula

Work on Chandigarh-Kharar flyover road likely to get delayed

Officials say traffic holding up construction work, multiple requests to the district administration for diversion fell on deaf ears

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Updated on Aug 20, 2019 12:51 AM IST

HT Correspondent, Mohali | ByHT Correspondent

DME’s phase 4 delayed, officials chalk alternative route to connect Delhi with Meerut

Phase 4 of the DME proposes to connect Dasna with Meerut through a six-lane road, which is facing delays.

Earlier slated for completion in October, a revised timeline of December 2019 has now been set, officials said.(HT image)

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Updated on Aug 18, 2019 03:03 AM IST

Ghaziabad | ByHT Correspondent

Residents risk lives to navigate under-construction Delhi-Meerut Expressway

Sushil Kumar, a resident of Shivpuri, climbs about 7 to 8 feet to reach the highway, which at a much higher level compared to their localities.

The NHAI is at present constructing phase 2 of the 14-lane DME. Extending from UP Gate to Dasna. The project is likely to be completed by December-end. In September, NHAI plans to open the UP Gate-Vijay Nagar stretch.(HT image)

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Updated on Aug 17, 2019 02:17 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ghaziabad | ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Indirapuram to get water only 2 hours a day due to Delhi-Meerut Expressway

The water supply to Indirapuram will be halved due to ongoing work for the Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME) project by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). GDA officials said water supply to Indirapuram will be made available only for two hours each day – from 7am to 9am – till August 15.

Water supply to Indirapuram will be halved due to ongoing work for the Delhi-Meerut Expressway.(Sakib Ali /HT photo)

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Updated on Aug 11, 2019 04:28 PM IST

Hindustan Times,Noida | ByHT Correspondent

Gurugram’s Iffco Chowk underpass reopens after 26 hours

NHAI officials closed the underpass, which was inundated with rainwater, around 4pm on Friday and reopened it around 6pm on Saturday.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) reopened the Iffco Chowk underpass on Saturday evening(Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Aug 03, 2019 08:28 PM IST

Gurugram | ByKartik Kumar

NHAI restricts heavy vehicles on Hero Honda flyover at night

Officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Tuesday said that they have stopped the movement of heavy trucks and multi-axle vehicles from 11pm to 5 am to prevent any further damage to the road surface.

The restriction on the movement of heavy vehicles began last week, said officials of the Millenium City Expressway Private Limited(MCEPL), which is the concessionaire for the highway.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 24, 2019 05:54 AM IST

Gurugram | ByHT Correspondent

First rain brings relief, waterlogging, snarls

Even as the authorities repeatedly assured that most drains had been desilted and that the city would be ready to combat waterlogging this monsoon, three hours of heavy rain on Thursday left many roads submerged in knee-deep water.

Police personnel push an empty school bus, one of the three vehicles that stalled on a waterlogged road at Subhash Chowk, on Thursday. (Right) Bikers wade their way past cars and buses on a flooded Gurugram-Sohna Road.(Parveen Kumar /HT photos)

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Updated on Jul 05, 2019 07:51 AM IST

Gurugram | ByKartik Kumar

Gurguram records highest no. of traffic fatalities in district

The data, compiled by Haryana Vision Zero (HVZ), a group of experts on road safety, commissioned by the state government in May 2017 to achieve zero fatality in road accidents, shows that there has not been any major improvement in the situation as compared to last year. In 2018, 210 casualties were reported during the same period in the city.

A cab collided behind the NSG bus at Delhi-Gurugram Expressway from Gurugram to Delhi side, Iffco Chowk flyover; two persons died in this accident and one major injured, in Gurugram.(Kumar/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Jul 04, 2019 08:49 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurugram | ByArchana Mishra

‘Rasta jaldi banao’ message to NHAI for Assam’s ‘Highway to Hell’

On Monday, hundreds of residents in Dima Hasao came out with placards and protested on the damaged road urging early construction.

The 1 minute 27-second song ‘Road Banao NHAI’ by Daniel Langthasa, a Congress member of the Dima Hasao Autonomous Council in Assam, highlights the condition of the 25-km stretch on NH54 between Jatinga and Harangajao.(Representative Image/AFP File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 25, 2019 04:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Guwahati | ByUtpal Parashar

Fixing Delhi’s worst traffic congested areas

The Delhi Traffic Police has identified 25 of the most congested small stretches across the city and is preparing dedicated traffic circulation plans for each of them to clear bottlenecks.

Traffic experts say drawing dedicated traffic plans for choke points is the only way to ease traffic in the city.(Mohd Zakir/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jun 24, 2019 07:24 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySoumya Pillai

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NHAI recruitment 2021: Apply for 17 vacancies of Deputy Manager, check details here.

IN THE SLOW LANE Work started in 2015 but lack of coordination and labour shortage amid pandemic are roadblocks in journey to completion

The projects discussed in a meeting included construction of service lanes on Ferozepur Road, non-functional streetlights and the steps to be taken for draining out rainwater during monsoon season

The CM said that in view of the density of vehicular traffic on national highways, it was crucial that periodic renewal and maintenance of these roads be ensured

The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) minister also told industry officials to clear pending dues owed by them to units to ease distress in the sector and inject liquidity into the market.

The road will give relief to commuters from Delhi moving towards HP and J&K as they won’t have to enter Chandigarh

The chief minister said that committees, comprising the representatives of NHAI, state public works department, concerned district administrations and contractors, will be constituted to finalise the issues regarding damages and compensation with respect to these projects

NHAI comes to the rescue of pvt firm, sanctions ₹13.5cr to finish the incomplete work

The Centre’s earlier deadline mandating FASTags by December 1 had been postponed to December 15 to provide some more time to citizens to buy and put FASTag on their vehicles.

The incident has triggered an outrage among green activists of the city

SDM Mohali Jagdeep Sehgal said NHAI is to acquire land with mutual consent from owners, and not from them

3 persons were fraudulently made beneficiaries of compensation for land acquired for Chandigarh-Ludhiana Expressway

Police suspect it to be an extortion racket as fake ID cards of officials in the defence forces, civil administration, National Highways Authority of India and even journalists were seized after raids

Deputy commissioner Girish Dayalan has directed the sub-divisional magistrates to form a joint team under their jurisdiction to identify the black spots and formulate and submit an action report within a week to prevent accidents on these spots

The concessionaire, MCEPL, does not have a high-capacity crane required to remove heavy vehicles from the expressway; neither does the NHAI.

As per the permission given by the forest department of the Delhi government, the authority has to transplant 5,717 native trees (small and big) while 3,318 trees of exotic species will be felled.

The damage to the Jaipur-to-Delhi side of the carriageway of the flyover occurred on May 8 this year after chunks of concrete fell from the flyover leading to a hole on the surface of the road.

JAMMU The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine has been adjudged the best Swacch Iconic Place in the country for initiatives such as installing water kiosks, setting up an equid dung management centre, putting up kill waste machines, along with regular mopping up of waste by 1,300 sanitation workers.

72 lives were lost in mishaps till July 31 this year as compared to 59 last year over the same interval, says Haryana police data

Officials say traffic holding up construction work, multiple requests to the district administration for diversion fell on deaf ears

Phase 4 of the DME proposes to connect Dasna with Meerut through a six-lane road, which is facing delays.

Sushil Kumar, a resident of Shivpuri, climbs about 7 to 8 feet to reach the highway, which at a much higher level compared to their localities.

NHAI officials closed the underpass, which was inundated with rainwater, around 4pm on Friday and reopened it around 6pm on Saturday.

Officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Tuesday said that they have stopped the movement of heavy trucks and multi-axle vehicles from 11pm to 5 am to prevent any further damage to the road surface.

Even as the authorities repeatedly assured that most drains had been desilted and that the city would be ready to combat waterlogging this monsoon, three hours of heavy rain on Thursday left many roads submerged in knee-deep water.

On Monday, hundreds of residents in Dima Hasao came out with placards and protested on the damaged road urging early construction.

The Delhi Traffic Police has identified 25 of the most congested small stretches across the city and is preparing dedicated traffic circulation plans for each of them to clear bottlenecks.

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