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India's largest EV charging station opened at National Highway in Gurugram

India's largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station with a capacity of 100 charging points for 4 wheelers, was opened on Friday at Delhi-Jaipur National Highway in Gurugram.Previously, India's largest EV charging station was situated in Navi Mumbai with 16 AC & 4 DC charging ports for EVs.The new EV charging station has been developed by tech-piloting company Alektrify Private Limited."This station is now open with 96 chargers for technical inspection for various 'Certification Compliance' and 'Safety Standards' laid two week ago by Power Ministry, Govt of India and which also opened the doors for offering government land to government or public agencies and private entities for setting up charging stations on a revenue-sharing basis," the company said in a statement."This EV charging station will not only boost electric vehicles industry in the region, but will also act as a benchmark for large EV charging stations across the nation in future," it said.During the ...

Foxconn's iPhone manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu is in silent mode

After protest over food poisoning, employees want the company to improve facilities before they resume work

Govt exploring public financing for road infra projects: Gadkari

The Road Transport and Highways minister said the country has set several world records in road construction despite Covid

Total length of national highways up at 140,937 km till Nov-end: Gadkari

The minister said 49 projects in about 4,970 km costing about Rs 113,000 crore are in various stages of progress and are targeted for completion by 2023-24

Six-laning of National Highway-66 to be expedited in Kerala: CM Vijayan

Vijayan on Wednesday said the six-laning work of National Highway-66 is gathering pace in the state as the National Highway Authority confirmed agreement in 16 out of 20 reaches

3,385 km of national highways constructed so far in current fiscal: MoRTH

The pace of construction stood at 21.8 km per day, and this happened despite the COVID-19 pandemic and rainy season, it added.

Farmers block national highway; demand withdrawal of sedition charges

Farmers blocked a national highway at three different points to demand the release of five protesters who were arrested last week

Road construction faster than ever, says Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

The annual average construction of national highways has recorded an 83 per cent spike in what was recorded during 2009-2014, Gadkari shared on his Twitter timeline

Aim to construct 60,000 km of world-class national highway by 2024: Gadkari

The Road Transport and Highways Ministry Nitin Gadkari on Friday said that his aim is to construct 60,000 kilometres of the world-class national highway by 2024, at the rate of 40 kilometre per day

Snow, landslides lead to closure of Jammu-Srinagar national highway

The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for traffic on Monday due to fresh snowfall and landslides in Ramban district, officials said

Kerala only state to pay 25% land acquisition cost for national highway: CM

: Kerala is the only State which has agreed to pay 25 per cent of the cost of land acquisition for National Highway development in the State,Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday. An amount of Rs 452 crore has already been handed over and the road development projects are going to be a milestone in the state's development of the basic infrastructure, Vijayan said. He was speaking afterthe online inauguration of NH Bypass on NH 66 (Kazhakoottam-Mukola road) here by Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways & MSMEs, Nitin Gadkari. Gadkari also laid the foundation stone for seven other National Highway projects in Kerala,an official release said. Speaking on the occasion,Gadkari said the Mumbai - Kanyakumari Economic Corridor with a length of 1,760 km was being developed as a part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana. The corridor will greatly enable the economic prosperity of the region.As a part of the Economic Corridor, 23 projects with a length of 650 km are bein

IRB Infra arm inks pact with NHAI for Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway stretch

The company said the construction period for the stretch is 730 days, while operation period is 15 years

Highway traffic rises but full recovery may take another quarter

Firms attribute sluggishness to monsoon, local lockdowns

Widening of Jammu-Srinagar highway to be completed by end of next year

The highway widening work started in 2011 with the target of completing it within five years

Govt approves Rs 574 crore annual plan for national highway works in J&K

An annual plan included construction of 3.23 km three fly-overs in Srinagar on NH-44 (Jammu-Srinagar highway) at Bemina, Sanatnagar and Nowgam with Rs 220.68 crore

Toll collection likely to decline 17% if lockdown extended, says CRISIL

Toll collection has restarted since, but there is unlikely to be a V-shaped revival in traffic after the lockdown ends - probably - on May 17. There will only be a gradual return to normalcy

Maha Shivratri: Massive jam on Delhi-Gurugram highway, hundreds stranded

Vehicles were running bumper to bumper and a long line of cars was visible for several kilometers on both sides of the highway

RIL approaches NHAI for offering waste plastic-to-road technology

Along with NHAI, RIL is also in talks with state governments and local bodies across the country for offering its technology, he said.

Traffic suspended on Jammu-Srinagar NH after Kashmir sees fresh snowfall

Officials said snowfall was recorded in high altitude areas of Jammu region including the famous hill resort of Patnitop in Udhampur district

Jammu-Srinagar NH remains closed for 4th day, 7,000 vehicles stranded

Landslides have hit the highway at five places in Ramban district, a police officer told PTI