The Latest Breaking News from NH

Nettoor to become converging point for 4 NH corridors, NHAI to build 6-km port connectivity NH corridor & trumpet flyover for seamless flow of vehicles.

Janakeeya Samithi intensifies agitation to demand publication of EIA and SIA reports for Edappally-Muthakunnam NH 66 corridor. NHAI must ensure drains don't block access, build service roads and underpasses. MP Hibi Eden icalls for elevated highway to avoid land acquisition.

Uncertainty looms over Edappally-Aroor elevated highway on NH 66 Bypass due to Centre yet to reinstate it in Bharatamala project. Delay in State govt taking call on GST/royalty waiver and 25% land acquisition cost may further delay the busiest NH stretch in Kerala. NHAI to include stretch in Bharatamala once…

Motorists urge NHAI to take precautions for Edappally-Aroor NH Bypass construction. Widening bell-mouths, black-topping, relocating utilities, removing encroachments, and proactive measures to ensure safe movement of vehicles & pedestrians are needed. NATPAC's expertise should be used.

Reach out to tribal people who lost lands, livelihood due to construction of NH-516E, demands CPI(M). About 50 acres, including ‘jirayiti’ and forest podu lands, on either side of the highway have been destroyed, and coffee plantations are being removed at will, alleges CPI(M) leader Srinivasa Rao.

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on October 31 said national highway projects worth nearly ₹3 lakh core have been sanctioned in the past 10 years in the northeast region

Kerala seeks Centre's response to exclude land acquisition cost for NH from borrowing limit. Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal had conveyed the requirement to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Oct. 2023. The Centre's stand has caused Kerala to suffer a cut-back in its annual borrowing limit. An earlier request for…

Garbage heaps on Willingdon Island, Edappally-Aroor NH 66 Bypass, and NH 544 have become an eyesore, leaving tourism stakeholders fuming. The Kochi Corporation is trying to clear the garbage, but people are still wantonly dumping it. The NHAI has installed bollards to prevent dumping on Container Road. Tourism season has…

Idukki's Munnar-Bodimettu NH stretch is a popular road tourism destination, with tea plantations, hairpin bends, misty climate, and Anayirankal dam catchment area. NHAI and DTPC are taking steps to arrange tourist amenities, including a toilet complex and parking facilities. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate the stretch on Nov 6.

Agitators demand publication of project's DPR, site inspection to be done next week. Cheranallor Pouravali allege NHAI mute spectator as firm constructing drains obstructing access to houses, shops. NH Samara Samiti, Cheranallor Janakeeya Samiti, Cheranaloor Dev. Committee agitating for wide underpasses, service roads at same level as plots. NHAI facing…

NHAI to renovate 17-km Container Road in Kochi, Kerala with ₹129.5-crore project. Works include resurfacing, repair of bridges, installation of street lights, crash barriers, sign boards, bollards and beautification of Bolgatty Junction. 30,000 passenger car units use the corridor daily, with toll collection.