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GURUGRAM: At a time when daily accidents are being reported in Gurugram due to lack of road safety measures deployed by various civic bodies, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), along with district authorities, civic agencies and police, is working on creating safer streets for pedestrians as well as motorists.
Responding to the Union ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH)’s call to observe road safety month from January 18 to February 17, NHAI, in collaboration with the Gurugram district administration, GMDA, and traffic police, on Monday launched a month-long road safety drive. The first location for the drive ‘zero-tolerance’ against traffic offences was Golf Course Road.
Drones get a wide field
Drones get a wide field
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Jan 19, 2021, 06:00 IST
Drones to be used to prepare road widening plan in Mahadevapura
One may soon see drones flying above the busy roads in Mahadevapura, for an entirely new purpose. For the first time, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) plans to use
land acquisition plan, mapping alignment and
understanding ground realities, ahead of widening the 118-km of roads in the City’s IT hub.
These
surveys or the detailed project reports which are pre-requisite for any infrastructure works are currently being done using the manual total station method with the help of measurement tape, tripod and a dumpy level. Many government entities such as
H. G.
Infra Engineering announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, H. G. Rewari Bypass has received the letter from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) dated 15 January 2021 regarding declaration of appointed date as 15 January 2021 for the project mentioned below:
Construction of proposed Rewari Bypass (NH-11) as Feeder Route in Rewari district in the State of Haryana (design length 14.40 km) on hybrid annuity mode.
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NEW DELHI: For the first time, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a policy of graded penalty, including high fine and ban on contractors to bid for future projects for accidents and deaths caused by structural collapse or defects in design, construction or maintenance of the stretches. These agencies are now liable to pay a fine of Rs 1 crore to Rs 10 crore and they will not be allowed to bid for any NH project for three years for such failures claiming any human life. The company concerned has to bear the expenses for carrying out rectification.
Even the consultants engaged in such works will have to cough up penalties and face debarment. In case of major failure causing death/s, the consultancy firms will have to pay Rs 40 lakh as fine and they won’t be allowed to bid for two years. Their key personnel will not be engaged for any NHAI work for three years.
Synopsis
The first phase of the Bharatmala scheme approved in 2017 includes construction of 24,800 km of national highways, in addition to 10,000 km of balance road works under the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP).
Agencies
“By close of FY21, we will have around 12,000 km of projects left to be awarded, which is possible to bid out in the next two fiscal years,” an official told.
The Centre aims to complete awarding of projects envisaged under Bharatmala, its flagship highways development programme, by 2023.
The first phase of the Bharatmala scheme approved in 2017 includes construction of 24,800 km of national highways, in addition to 10,000 km of balance road works under the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP).