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Topic: Highways

Commuters ‘inaugurate’ under-construction Delhi-Dehradun expressway after flood chokes Delhi roads

After the incident came to light, the traffic police, along with the Gandhinagar police, took action by placing double barricades and barbed wire along the stretch.

‘Unacceptable to charge toll with safety, traffic issues’—House panel bats for new road tariff authority

Pulling up road ministry, parliamentary panel pushed for rationalisation of toll collection on any highway stretch, and its reduction post recovery of capital & routine maintenance costs.

Infra projects worth over Rs 1 lakh cr completed or under way—Gadkari on Delhi decongestion plan

In an interview with ThePrint, Minister of Road Transport & Highways outlines his 3-point agenda & talks about Panipat-Delhi airport connection that'll cut travel time to under 30 mins.

3 killed, 12 injured as truck crashes into multiple vehicles on old Pune-Mumbai highway

A 10-yr-old girl and her father were among those confirmed dead, said Lonavla police. The incident took place at 10.20 pm, Sunday at Battery Hill near Bor Ghat.

Nearly 700 highway projects delayed, 35% due to land acquisition disputes, says parliamentary panel

Parliamentary panel tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2025-26) of MoRTH in Rajya Sabha. It recommended that project approvals be finalised before contracts are awarded.

Mumbai-Pune travel time may become 30 mins shorter, come August. What’s the ‘missing link’ project

Currently, it takes over three hours to travel from Mumbai to Pune, especially due to traffic congestion at the Lonavala ghat section.

460 road deaths every day—10 Indian states have come up with safety models. It’s working

India has ambitiously pledged to halve road crash deaths by 2030. The question is not if we can tackle this crisis, but how swiftly we can act.

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways launches app to combat highway encroachments

App enables users to report unauthorized parking, ribbon development, and other encroachments on National Highways.

200 Telangana buses plying highways were fitted with AI-based alert devices. Accidents down 40% in 1 yr

Pilot project was initiated in 2022 as part of Telangana govt’s attempts to reduce accidents on highways. Telangana among states with highest number of accidents, fatalities on highways.

India-Myanmar-Thailand highway — final piece of the puzzle in New Delhi’s Atlantic to Pacific push

India is to construct about 200 km of the trilateral highway. At least 30% of total construction remains in various stages of completion owing to the security situation in Myanmar.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.