The upgrade aims to improve traffic flow while enhancing the corridor’s urban landscape Ranchi: State govt has accorded administrative approval for a Rs 36.30-crore project to upgrade the 2.6-km stretch from Dhurwa intersection to the police headquarters on the Birsa Chowk-Project Bhawan-Chandni Chowk road in the city.Besides widening and strengthening the carriageway, the project will…
Patna: With the monsoon season progressing and flood risks persisting in north Bihar, the road construction department (RCD) and disaster management department (DMD) on Thursday reviewed preparedness measures to tackle potential flood and drought situations.RCD secretary Pankaj Kumar Pal directed officials and contractors to ensure protection of roads and bridges under the maintenance policy. Contractors…
CM Hemant Soren chairs the review meeting on Wednesday Ranchi: CM Hemant Soren on Wednesday set a two-month deadline for completion of key pending road and bridge projects across the state and directed the road construction department to make geo-tagging mandatory for all projects to strengthen transparency, monitoring and accountability.Chairing a review meeting of the…
Patna: With monsoon rains posing a recurring threat of waterlogging in the state capital, senior officials on Monday inspected several vulnerable locations and directed immediate as well as long-term measures to improve the drainage system.Urban development and housing department secretary-cum-Buidco managing director Animesh Kumar Parashar and Patna Municipal Commissioner Yashpal Meena jointly inspected New Market,…
Patna: With the monsoon intensifying and the threat of heavy rainfall looming, the Patna divisional administration on Saturday asked all civic and utility agencies to adopt a zero-tolerance approach towards waterlogging, warning that any road cutting without prior permission and immediate restoration would invite criminal proceedings and departmental action.Chairing a review meeting, divisional commissioner Mayank…
Patna: As dark monsoon clouds gather over Patna, the city finds itself caught between reassuring official claims and the everyday experiences of residents. Civic agencies insist they have strengthened flood control systems, repaired drains and expanded pumping capacity, but unfinished road excavations, open manholes and recurring waterlogging continue to leave many questioning whether the city…
Ranchi: A special CBI court in Ranchi on Monday awarded three-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) to contractor Jhaman Prasad in the road construction department’s bitumen scam case in Hazaribag district. It also imposed a fine of Rs 40,000 on the convict under each of the sections 468 and 471 of the IPC .The convicted contractor was…
Patna: Chief secretary Pratyaya Amrit on Saturday reviewed the progress of the Kacchi Dargah-Bidupur six-lane Ganga bridge project and asked engineers to ensure there is no laxity in the final phase of construction. He asked senior officials to monitor the work on a daily basis.The review comes after chief minister Samrat Choudhary directed the department…
Patna: The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) commissioner Yashpal Meena conducted a field inspection of wards 24–27 on Thursday morning to assess urban drainage systems during rainfall. The visit covered nine vulnerable spots prone to slow drainage or recurring waterlogging.At the intersection near the divisional commissioner’s office, he directed officials to coordinate with the road construction…
Bhagalpur: The final phase of construction of the Bailey bridge over the collapsed portion of Vikramshila Setu across the Ganga river is nearing completion and is likely to be opened to the public on Sunday for regulated movement of two-wheelers, four-wheelers and light motor vehicles (LMVs).Ahead of the proposed opening, Bhagalpur DM Nawal Kishor Choudhary…
