Articles tagged under: highways

GSRTC buses not to halt at 27 delisted highway hotels

January 23, 2025
GSRTC buses not to halt at 27 delisted highway hotels

Gandhinagar: From now on, state transport buses in Gujarat operated by the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) will not halt at the hotels listed below.   #BreakingNews अब से स्टेट ट्रांसपोर्ट की बसें इन होटलों पर हाल्ट नहीं करेंगी .. क्योंकि ये होटल हिन्दू नामो की आड़ में मुस्लिमो द्व...Read More

Gujarat CM approves one major river bridge, four laning of two crucial State highways

January 13, 2025
Gujarat CM approves one major river bridge, four laning of two crucial State highways

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Chief Minister has allocated Rs. 294 crore for various works on the state highway, including the construction of a major river bridge in Kaprada taluka and the four-lane conversion of North Gujarat's Visnagar-Vijapur highway, among others. The Chief Minister has approved Rs. 26 crore for the construction of a major bridge over the Damanganga River in Valsad district. This bridge will benefit over 23,000 people from 16 villages in the Kapradaa area. The bridge will com...Read More

2nd Road to Heavan Ekal-Babhanka Road Closed for Visitors to Facilitate Construction Work

January 06, 2025
2nd Road to Heavan Ekal-Babhanka Road Closed for Visitors to Facilitate Construction Work

Bhuj: The Ekal-Babhanka road, which is currently under construction, has been closed to visitors due to the increasing interference of tourist traffic. The road had recently gained popularity, with many visitors referring to it as the "second road to heaven" in Kutch, thanks to its stunning views of the White Rann of Kutch. However, the influx of vehicles on the under-construction road, where soil work is still in progress, was hampering the ongoing construction efforts. To ensure smooth and ...Read More

Heavy Vehicles Banned on State Highway 59 in Arvalli District

January 04, 2025
Heavy Vehicles Banned on State Highway 59 in Arvalli District

Arvalli: The Arvalli District Collector has issued a notification banning heavy vehicles from State Highway 59 (Modasa-Dhansura-Bayad-Nadiad) within the district limits for a month, starting from January 4. This decision comes after numerous accidents involving heavy vehicles like trucks and trailers, resulting in the loss of many lives and injuries. The highway passes through several towns and villages, including Modasa, Kolikhad, Rehiyal, Shika, Dhansura, Kanjrikampa, Hirapurakankampa, Alva...Read More

Traders, Transporters in Surat Protest Toll Charges for Locals at Kamrej

December 26, 2024
Traders, Transporters in Surat Protest Toll Charges for Locals at Kamrej

Surat: The local traders and transporters held a meeting in Kim to protest the provision of toll tax collection from locals at Kamrej toll plaza on the national highway in Surat district. Daily, thousands of local vehicles from Kamrej, Umarpada, Mangrol, Palsana, Choryashi, Bardoli, Mandvi, Olpad, and Surat city pass through Kamrej toll plaza. The locals had demanded in the year 2019 that the local passing vehicles must not attract toll payment. Following this representation, an announcement ...Read More

Three-Kilometer Traffic Jam as Locals Protest Toll Collection at Mulad Toll Plaza in Bharuch

December 19, 2024
Three-Kilometer Traffic Jam as Locals Protest Toll Collection at Mulad Toll Plaza in Bharuch

Bharuch: The National Highway at Bharuch witnessed a severe traffic jam on Wednesday, stretching over three kilometers, as local bus operators staged a protest at the Mulad-based toll plaza. The protest was triggered by the ongoing toll collection from local vehicles(of Bharuch district RTO passing), including buses used for transporting workers to local industrial units. The Narmada River Cable Bridge, constructed in 2017, had initially seen toll collection begin about eight months after its...Read More

Bhuj – Nakhatrana 45 km road to be developed as a four-lane high-speed corridor

December 06, 2024
Bhuj – Nakhatrana 45 km road to be developed as a four-lane high-speed corridor

Gandhinagar: Bhuj – Nakhatrana 45 km road will be developed as a four-lane high-speed corridor. Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel has approved Rs. 937 crore for this four-lane high-speed corridor road which will facilitate travel to tourist destinations like Matana Madh – Dhordo – White Rann. The State government in a note released here stated that Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel has approved Rs. 937 crore for undertaking a project to develop a 45 km road from Bhuj, the he...Read More

Por and Jhabua bridges at national highway in Vadodara to be widened

November 28, 2024

Vadodara: Lok Sabha member representing Vadodara, Dr. Hemang Joshi called on the union Road and Transport minister Nitin Gadkari in national capital and made representation regarding need to widen the narrow bridges at Por and Jambua near Vadodara on the Ahmedabad- Mumbai national highway. Currently 4-lane wide in size, the bridges of Por and Jambua will be widened, Gadkari assured in the meeting. The bridges witness traffic problem regularly as the form 4-lane narrow portions on the 6 lane ...Read More

CM allocates Rs. 145 crore for a new major four-lane river bridge in North Gujarat

November 18, 2024
CM allocates Rs. 145 crore for a new major four-lane river bridge in North Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister has given sanction for allotment of the sum of Rs. 145 crore for construction of a major bridge on river Saraswati in Sidhpur taluka of North Gujarat. The proposed bridge will be a four-lane major bridge and it will be located on the Mahesana - Unjha - Sidhpur - Palanpur State highway. The existing two-lane bridge over river Saraswati here was constructed as early as in the year 1959. In order to address the needs of increasing traffic, the new four lane...Read More

Gujarat CM makes allocation for widening of roads

November 17, 2024
Gujarat CM makes allocation for widening of roads

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has given directions to the road building department to widen the roads to make the roads with heavy traffic in the state easier, safer and faster to facilitate high level of service. For this purpose, he has sanctioned ₹ 1646.44 crore for making 203.41 km length of 21 roads four lane. To make 221.45 km long 15 roads  10 meters wide at a cost of Rs. 580.16 crore and 25 roads of 388.89 km length 7 meters wide, the Chief Minister has app...Read More