Days after Punjab government altered the law to let restaurants placed within 500 metres of National Highways to serve liquor within their premises, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday that there was nothing wrong with denotifying highways if such roads fall within a city. The court was hearing a petition[Read More…]
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Bus collides with truck: 22 killed, several injured in Bareilly
A passenger bus caught fire after colliding with a truck on National Highway 24 in Bareilly at around 1 am on Monday night. At least 22 people were charred to death in the incident while several others were injured. Injured were rushed to nearby hospitals and most of them are[Read More…]
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed for 2nd day
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed for safety reasons after landslides
The Jammu-Srinagar highway is closed for safety reasons after landslides triggered by incessant rains on Wednesday, said an official. “Continuous rain in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district triggered landslides and shooting stones at some places on the highway,” the traffic department official said as per a report in HT. Notably,[Read More…]
PM Modi to inaugurate Chenani-Nashri tunnel
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating India’s longest tunnel. The Chenani-Nashri tunnel on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway will be inaugurated on Sunday. This tunnel is very important for regulating traffic in and around the state, it is likely to save fuel worth nearly Rs 99 crores a year. The tunnel will also[Read More…]
Pune-Hyderabad highway: At least 11 killed after a bus collided with a truck
In an unfortunate incident, at least 11 people were killed after a private bus collided head-on with a truck on the Pune-Hyderabad highway on early Saturday morning. Five others were injured in the dreadful accident that took place near Urali-Kanchan village, 40 km from Pune. Five women and six men[Read More…]
Jammu-Srinagar highway to remain closed for the second consecutive day
The Jammu-Srinagar national highway will remain closed on Wednesday for the second consecutive day due to heavy landslides, reported IANS. Authorities reported that there have been colossal landslides in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir blocking and wrecking major parts of the roads. In places around Mehar, clearance of the[Read More…]
Travel from Mumbai to Goa in just 6 hours soon, says Nitin Gadkari
Mumbaikars travelling to Goa by road may soon take only six hours! Union Minister for Roads Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari made the announcement during the launch of a construction of a new four-lane concrete highway. “It will soon take only six-hours to travel between Goa and Mumbai with the[Read More…]