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Another cave-in on Bengaluru road; second incident in 5 days
Another sinkhole appearing in IT hub Bengaluru, the second in less than a week, has renewed the debate on sub-standard infrastructure in the Karnataka capital.
Published on Jan 17, 2023 05:15 PM IST
Yamini C S
Road re-laid after Cong leader says 'it can be removed by hand’ in video
A freshly-laid road was re-laid in Bengaluru's HSR Layout after a Congress leader highlighted its poor quality by spreading loose pebbles around in a video.
Published on Dec 21, 2022 12:41 PM IST
Yamini C S | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Potholes can’t give city rough time anymore?
BMC makes it mandatory to conduct road roughness index test before opening up a road for vehicles; if score is not good, contractor will have to fix it
Updated on Sep 10, 2019 12:04 AM IST
Mumbai | Mehul R Thakkar, Mumbai
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.
Updated on Aug 03, 2019 08:28 PM IST
Gurugram | Kartik Kumar
Roads to both sides of Gurugram’s Iffco Chowk underpass cave in
The cave-in of the road surface, up to 100 metres on both sides, also damaged the extension joints of the concrete wall, which led to spillage of rainwater inside the structure, according to officials of the highways authority.
Updated on Aug 02, 2019 09:06 PM IST
Gurugram | Abhishek Behl
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.
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 05:54 AM IST
Gurugram | HT Correspondent
Concrete samples collected from Hero Honda flyover
Two days later, the NHAI formed a three-member technical committee to examine the cause of the damage as it was the second time that the same stretch had suffered damage creating a hole in the road.
Updated on May 30, 2019 08:06 AM IST
Gurugram | Abhishek Behl
Experts examine damage to flyover in Gurugram
The committee was constituted on May 10 to probe two incidents of damage to the road surface, which has taken place in a one-year span.
Published on May 15, 2019 04:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | Abhishek Behl
NHAI to start repair work on NH8 stretch from Kherki Daula to Kotputli in a week
It may be recalled that on December 17 last year, a large chunk of concrete had fallen from the Rampura flyover, after which traffic on the underpass below it was halted by authorities for repairs.
Published on Apr 23, 2019 04:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | Abhishek Behl
UPRVUNL in a fix over disposal of tons of fly ash in Sonbhadra region
The Union ministry of road surface and highways is mounting pressure on UPRVUNL to make the fly ash available to the construction agencies for its use in the construction of roads, dams etc within 300 km radius of the thermal plants where the unutilised fly ash is dumped.
Updated on Dec 08, 2018 01:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
Road caves in near Gurugram village, water supply affected
The damage to the water pipeline caused problems in the area, and tankers had to be provided.
Published on Sep 23, 2018 05:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | Abhishek Behl