Highway

A significant landslide struck at 7 Mile, a few kilometers ahead of Mandi town toward Kullu on August 5, blocking traffic on the Chandigarh-Manali highway during heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh. The district government rerouted light vehicles traveling from Chandigarh to Kullu-Manali through Kataula in order to clear traffic. Small trucks from Kullu-Manali were being dispatched from Pandoh via Gohar-Chalchowk. Meanwhile, big trucks were… read-more

After remaining closed for two-days due to snowfall and shooting stones, the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was reopened on January 7. After the landslides were cleared from the highway, the traffic of light-motor vehicles was allowed from both the sides, along with 3,000 vehicles, which were stranded on the highway at various places from January 5. The trucks carrying perishable items and petroleum products were also allowed to move,… read-more

In a tragic accident, one person was killed while around a dozen others were injured in an accident at 'Navyug Tunnel' in Jammu and Kashmir's Banihal area. A tourist bus bearing registration number JK02AT-6530 collided with another vehicle inside a tunnel, resulting in death of a person and injuries to around eleven others. Among the injured persons, three have been shifted to Anantnag, while others are undergoing treatment at Banihal. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to inaugurate the 340 km long Purvanchal Express highway next week, said Uttar Pradesh's industrial development minister Satish Mahana. The expressway would start from Lucknow's Chand Sarai village and end in Ghazipur's Haidariya village. The project of the expressway reportedly costed around Rs 22,494.66 crore. Notably, the expressway can also be used by Indian Air Force for landing aircrafts.

The protesting farmers have refused to attend a meeting to be convened on September 19 by the Haryana government to discuss the opening of border passage to Delhi. Since November 2020, farmers near the Singhu and Tikri border have been blocking the highway (NH-44) in protest of the new agricultural laws enacted by the center. Besides, farmers blamed Delhi police for obstructing access to the city's highways through barricading.