Tag Archives: Road Transport

The Indian govt received the Prince Michael Decade of Action Road Safety Award, the highest award in this field, for achievements in “improving vehicle safety” in the past decade, including the roll out of new car safety assessment regime, and mandatory ABS (anti-lock braking system) features in all new two-wheelers. ‘Following the first independent crash test ratings of Indian cars ...

Jehaan Adil Kotwal, the Founder CEO of Good Mind and HumSafer Driver Safety Foundation, an NGO that addresses driver welfare by leveraging AI and offering support in areas like training, medical facilities and scholarships for drivers’ children, highlights a few issues connected to multimodal logistics. Multimodal transportation offers significant advantages, including optimised efficiency by leveraging the strengths of each mode ...

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Nitin Gadkari, inaugurated the Sonamarg Tunnel, marking the onset of transformative infrastructure development in Jammu and Kashmir. With a vision to enhance connectivity, reduce travel time, and boost tourism, the government has announced ambitious projects worth over ₹1 lakh crore, including national highways, tunnels, and ropeways. Sonamarg Tunnel: A Game-Changer With the ...

Time management is the key to reduce mortality in trauma patients. As per the annual report on ‘Road Accidents in India-2022’ published by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, a total of 461,312 road accidents have been reported by the States and Union Territories during the calendar year 2022, which claimed 168,491 lives and caused injuries to 443,366 persons. ...

In an initiative to enhance seamless connectivity between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 12 National Highway projects with a total length of 105 km in Kasargod recently. This initiative holds the promise of reducing overall transportation costs and eliminating black spots on National Highways leading ...

The Road Transport, Highways and MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari has stated  we could well use the current Covid-19 crisis and turn it into an opportunity to address a number of other problems which include roadblocks in highway projects in the country as well as the issue of stranded migrant labourers in many states.  Gadkari said that talks are underway with ...

To iron out issues and explore a way forward for pending projects, Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport &Highways and MSME will chair a two-day review meeting of all on-going projects of  NHAI / MoRTH. On Day – One, projects of South Zone (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, Pondicherry, Karnataka) and Central Zone (Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and ...

Recently, while addressing a press conference in Mumbai on 100 days of the Government, Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways said that, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Government has been working decisively and transparently, with the vision of development, making India a super-economy in the world. On road development, Gadkari said, “Road transport ...

As far as the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is concerned the sweep of it’s mandate is very wide. It was exactly one year back on October 24, 2017, that a plan was put in place to develop close to 35,000kms of National Highways as part of Bharatmala in addition to the roads which were taken up under various ...

Jindal Group introduces range of crash barriers, spares, guard rails etc. The company has set up facilities for manufacturing regular & customized ‘W Beam’ and ‘Thrie Beam’ type crash barriers, spacer and post along with best quality of hot-dip galvanizing arrangement. The crash barriers are manufactured as per the specifications laid down by Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and ...