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UP to spruce up roads connecting key temple towns to boost tourism

LUCKNOW: Reaching religious destinations in Uttar Pradesh is going to be easy for commuters in future. The public works department has chalked out an action plan for spending Rs 16,000 crore that is going to be provided by the National Highways Authority of India for upgrading the road infrastructure in…

The Times of India

PWD hopes to get final nod for Delhi Sports University soon

NEW DELHI: The public works department will soon hold a meeting with the Delhi Sports University board to get a formal sanction for the project. The university is to come up in outer Delhi’s Ghevra where 79 acre land has been identified by the government.

The Times of India

Nagpur: Day after boy’s death, no govt agency ready to take blame

NAGPUR: The functioning of Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (MRIDC), South East Central Railway (SECR) and State Public Works Department (PWD) have come under the scanner after a 12-year-old boy fell into an open pit and died in east Nagpur on Thursday. All the three entities are shirking responsibility…

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Generation of unique disability IDs ramped up

There’s room to extend campaign till August 15, say sources

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Uttar Pradesh: Heliports to be given to private players

LUCKNOW: The three heliports, being planned in the tourists' towns of Uttar Pradesh, are going to be developed and handed over to private players.

The Times of India

Trees put fear of life in Delhi, another one crashes

NEW DELHI: A 100-foot tall tree fell in a residential area in south Delhi’s Greater Kailash II, damaging a few cars. The locals expressed worry at the regularity with which trees seem to be falling, with one having fallen in a busy road nearby just a week ago and another…

The Times of India

Nagpur: PWD to shift electric infra at Zingabai Takli under ground

NAGPUR: The state’s public works department (PWD) is all set to shift electric infrastructure standing on Zingabai Takli-Godhani Road under ground. A private contractor has been shortlisted for the work.

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PWD suffers loss of ₹754 cr. as rains damage roads, bridges

141 km of State highways and 924 km of district roads besides 357 minor bridges damaged

The Hindu

Govt., Oppn. in war of words over bad roads

Opposition walks out of Assembly after Speaker disallows adjournment motion

The Hindu

Maharajganj: PWD and contractor on backfoot after Dynamite News exposed their false claim of 'road completion' in UP

After this exposition by Dynamite News, the connivance between the PWD and the contractors has once again come to the fore. Read this exclusive story on Dynamite News:

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PWD, NHAI to develop 1,038 lakes near highways

Bengaluru

The Hindu

One road per week in Delhi: Repair work to kick off tomorrow

NEW DELHI: The Public Works Department (PWD) is going to take up road repairs under the “one road per week per zone” scheme of Delhi government from Saturday.

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PWD to fell 4,260 trees and transplant 2,104 for six road-widening projects around Bengaluru

A total of 7,500 trees to be impacted by the road-widening projects around the city

The Hindu

Are Kochi roads made using glue, asks Kerala HC

KOCHI: The high court on Thursday asked whether the roads in Kochi are pasted to the ground using glue for them to fall into disrepair at the first sight of monsoon.

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Kolkata police widen road, crack whip on illegal parking to clear school traffic mess

KOLKATA: After the ban on parking on Loudon Street, Rawdon Street, Robinson Street, Moira Street, Hungerford Street in the Park Street-Beckbagan zone helped unclog the school-hour traffic snarls, police have turned their attention to AJC Bose Road and Diamond Harbour Road.

The Times of India

Delhi: Motorists on main stretch of Chandni Chowk to be fined

NEW DELHI: Motorists entering the 1.4-km main road in Chandni Chowk during the restricted hours will be sent notices online by the traffic police. Traffic is restricted on the stretch between 9am and 9pm.

The Times of India

No waterlogging at 6 of 7 hotspots identified by Delhi govt: Manish Sisodia

NEW DELHI: Taking stock of the effect on the city of the season’s first rainfall, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia claimed no waterlogging was recorded in six of the seven hotspots identified by Delhi government. Sisodia, who is in charge of the public works and irrigation flood control departments, claimed…

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Day one: Delhi under the weather

NEW DELHI: The tall claims of the civic authorities that they had taken all measures to ensure there was no waterlogging in underpasses, rail under-bridges and colony roads proved incorrect after the first monsoon rain in the city on Thursday.

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Waterlogging in Pragati Maidan tunnel during first monsoon rain belies PWD's claims

The PWD officials had earlier claimed automatic pumps along with seven underground sumps have been constructed in the tunnel for swift discharge of the water

The Hindu

SC/ST association alleges discrimination in promotion in PWD

Bengaluru

The Times of India

Nitin Gadkari approves Rs 15,700 cr for railway over bridges and national highways in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: In a major boost to Uttar Pradesh infrastructure, especially national highways and railway over bridges, the Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari approved Rs 15,700 crore fund.

The Hindu

Works on Sathram airstrip to be sped up

Meeting reviews progress

The Times of India

Junior engineers of PWD ‘frontline workers’ for safe and beautiful roads: Delhi govt

NEW DELHI: Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday held a meeting with public works department’s engineers and sought their views on how to make the city roads better.

The Times of India

Nagpur: Hingna road turns into a deathtrap

NAGPUR: A 10km stretch from Hingna MIDC T-point to Hingna village has turned into a deathtrap due to inordinate delay in completion of concretization, and lack of safety measures. Hundreds of citizens using the road are likely to face a big threat during the monsoon.

The Hindu

NATPAC to submit proposals to decongest Vyttila this month

Long-term plan may involve land acquisition

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