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The Centre has waived off toll fee for tankers and vehicles carrying liquid medical oxygen across all the national highways. According to the National Highways Authority of India, oxygen containers and ambulances will be given utmost priority for the next two months. "The timely delivery of LMO (liquid medical oxygen) to hospitals and medical centres is of paramount importance to save lives," said NHAI.

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on April 1 announced the opening of 'Delhi Meerut Expressway' for common traffic. Notably, the 14-lane expressway will reduce the travel time from Meerut to Delhi to just 45 minutes. Earlier, it used to take over 2.5 hours for the journey. Over 96-kilometre long, the expressway will also benefit travellers from Haridwar, Dehradun and Saharanpur. Tweeting #PargatiKaHighway, Gadkari said, "We have… read-more

Karnataka High Court on September 26 issued a notice to the Union Environment Ministry and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). The notice was issued following a PIL filed against the exemption of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for widening of highways up to 100 km. The petitioners called this a violation of 'Environment (Protection) Act and Environment (Protection) Rules', and said this will adversely impact the environment.… read-more