Horns to be quietened on Indian roads
The Centre plans to enforce an upper limit of around 50 decibels in a crackdown on loud vehicle horns, a sharp reduction on existing permissible levels, minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari...
Tagged: Transporters
Road safety: With roadkill rates surging, time to get the policy and design vectors right to drive safety outcomes
Every 76 seconds, there is a road accident in India. Every hour, more than 17 people die because of it. Every ~10th road accident in the world happens in India. What’s more, as much...
Landslide blocks Jammu-Srinagar national highway; Amarnath batch stopped
A massive landslide blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district early Wednesday following which no fresh batch of Amarnath pilgrims was allowed to leave from Jammu, officials said. A massive landslide blocked...
Government saved 12 per cent in construction cost in awarding Dwarka Expressway project, says road ministry sources
Synopsis According to reports, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had found that the National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) decision to go for an elevated carriageway on the Haryana portion of the Dwarka...
Recent Comments