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The state government of Goa in conjunction with the Central government has initiated the process of widening two national highways NH17 and NH4-A. The Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways had given in-principle approval for the widening of the two highways some time back. The state government is now planning to appoint a consultant to prepare the Detailed Project ...

3M?s Automotive Aftermarket division has introduced a new tape masking solution in the US market. The new Precision Masking Tape is made out an ultra-thin smooth paper backing which helps to produce sharp paint lines on roads and other surfaces. The adhesive used in the tape makes the tape highly UV resistant compared to other masking tapes. The smooth backing ...

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) recently received the 600th Movia metro car from Bombardier Transportation. Each Movia four-car train set can accommodate about 1480 commuters. This can be increased if required to six-car and eight-car train sets which can seat 2,220 and 2,960 passengers respectively. The Movia cars use sustainable and eco-friendly technologies such as the MITRAC propulsion system ...

Toyota Motor Company will launch a national driver safety training programme titled The Road Ahead for teenage school students in the United States. The Road Ahead, featuring top race car driver Erica Enders will be launched in select high schools in Southern California. It will train more than 6,000 students in the principles of road safety and safe driving. The ...

In directives issued to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Border Roads Organisation (BRO), state governments and state Public Works Departments (PWDs) the central government has directed that all future national highways must be made least two-and-a-half lanes. About a fourth of the national highways in the country are single laned at present. As per the government plan about ...

Rotary International District 3010 has included Road Safety and Disaster Management as one of the thrust areas of its activities. As a part of its programme to create awareness on road safety, it will organise a seminar on Road Safety and Disaster Management on December 8 which is expected to be attended by about 500 people. Road Shows will be ...

A two-day international seminar on “Pre Engineered and Quick Launch Bridges” was held from November 3-4 in New Delhi. The seminar was organised by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, the Railways, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Indian Army (Corps of Engineers). The initiative for the seminar was taken by the Indian Institute of Bridge Engineers, Delhi ...

Tata Motors is working with French auto major Dassault to produce an electric car eMO that would cost around र10 lakh. The company’s Vehicle Programs & Development (VPD) Group which operates from four centres of excellence – Pune, Detroit in the US, Coventry in the UK and Stuttgart in Germany – and has about 300 engineers, developed the eMO concept ...

A plan to ease traffic congestion in Jaipur and increase the speed of vehicles by up to 30% has been drawn up by a team consisting of Bajrang Lal Swami, a professor in civil engineering from the Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), and Ritu Sharma and Hemant Sharma, both engineers from the Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Project (RUIDP). The plan, ...

German multinational Siemens AG has teamed with parking services provider Streetline to launch a smart parking project in Braunschweigh, Germany. The city has already completed the installation of parking sensors and networking equipment needed for the project. The equipment will monitor real-time data in parking locations to determine availability of parking space. This parking information is then distributed to drivers ...