Saturday, December 2, 2023

Roadways

Roadways

Policy on anvil to pay only for highway stretch used

DELHI: Travellers may soon pay only for the stretch of national highway they use instead of a general toll fee and the government is...

Cabinet approves Rs7 trillion road construction plan

DELHI: The union government on Tuesday, October 24, announced an outlay of Rs6.92 trillion for building an 83,677 km road network over the next...
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Bengaluru BMTC buses to have panic buttons, tracking systems

BENGALURU: The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has chalked out an eight-point plan to make its buses safer for women. Making use of the Rs...

Decks cleared for Chardham highway project

DELHI: Decks have been cleared for the ambitious Chardham highway project for all-weather connectivity to four holy towns of Uttarakhand, with the National Green...

Kolkata airport makes space for radio cabs

KOLKATA: The tedious wait after booking an app cab and the anxiety of spotting it thereafter amidst a sea of identical vehicles crowding the...

Petrol price up by Rs 6/litre since July; at highest level...

DELHI: Petrol price has been hiked by Rs 6 per litre since the beginning of July and is now priced at its highest rate...
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Airports Authority of India ties up with Ola, Uber

DELHI: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has entered into strategic alliances with Ola and Uber that will provide passengers the option to hire...

NHAI to decongest Dhaula Kuan-IGI Airport corridor

DELHI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has prepared a project to smoothen traffic on one of city’s most congested corridors which leads to...

Trin Trin considers short-term membership to lure tourists

MYSURU: Trin Trin, the public bicycle sharing (PBS) initiative in Mysuru, is considering a proposal to offer short-term membership to tourists visiting the city. Representatives...

Switch to electric or ethanol, Nitin Gadkari tells bus operators

MUMBAI: Sounding a dire warning to advocates of diesel fueled transport vehicles, Nitin Gadkari, the union minister for road transport, on Friday said he...