Engineers in MP suspended for removing Madhavrao Scindia’s statue
A video of the statue being shifted with the help of an earthmoving machine with a noose tied around the structure's neck surfaced on social media.
A video of the statue being shifted with the help of an earthmoving machine with a noose tied around the structure's neck surfaced on social media.
Initially, the NHAI has identified around 100 toll plazas for live monitoring on the web-based software. These toll plazas have been selected based on congestion feedback received through 1033 National Highway helpline. The monitoring service will be extended to more toll plazas in a phased manner.
The TMC MP has urged the officials of National Highways Authority of India to repair and maintain the service roads properly.
In addition, to ensure the availability of resources for effective disaster preparedness, the highways authority is mapping the availability of key machinery for timely deployment.
Ground preparation has already started at the selected sites and plantations shall be taken up during the upcoming monsoon season scheduled to be completed by end of Aug 2024.
Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Vikramaditya Singh met National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Chairman, Santosh Kumar Yadav in New Delhi on Wednesday
NHAI project directors are delegated the power to undertake rectification of accident-prone spots identified and recommended by the respective state police chiefs or by the district road safety committee.
A simple solution to control time and cost overruns would be to condense the timeline of all Government projects to one year. Typically, each Government Department has scores of projects running simultaneously. Budget allocations are made in a way that some projects hibernate while others are speeded-up. If a time period of one year is uniformly allocated for all Government projects, starting from 1 April, cost and time overruns could be easily monitored
The High Court would conduct the next hearing on 13 March where the NHAI chief would have to produce the video clip of the attempt to cross the highway with school children.
Road Safety Week: The completion of this 15-day training has been made a key criterion for promotions of engineers to posts of manager and deputy general manager.
