The Uttar Pradesh State Roadways Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has decided to open 291 dhabas (eateries) and workshops for truck and bus drivers on the state highways.
Four people, including two women, died and 14 others sustained injuries after a bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck near Binawas village on the Jodhpur-Jaipur highway on Sunday morning, police said.
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for vehicular traffic due to landslides in Ramban district on Tuesday, officials said. Traffic on the highway has been suspended after the landslide hit the road near Peera on the highway.
Three people were killed and two others injured after their car veered off the road and hit a parapet wall of the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Kathua district, police said.
At least 20 passengers of a state transport bus were injured when the vehicle overturned at Mangaon on Mumbai-Goa Highway on Saturday, police said.
These directions have been passed to the top police officers in view of the heightened threat perception.
Fresh landslides kept the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway shut for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, leaving over 5000 vehicles stranded.
More than 30 vehicles pile up at the Delhi-Jaipur highway due to fog. Several people are said to be injured in the incident.
The highway has been reopened for vehicular traffic on Friday after remaining closed for 15 hours in Ramban district Jammu & Kashmir.
The labourer identified as Mjahir was working as a carpenter in the 8.8-km-long tunnel being built under the Rohtang Pass in the eastern Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas, Kullu Superintendent of Police Gaurav Singh said.
The 270-km-long highway, which is the only all-weather road link between Kashmir and the rest of the country, was blocked by the landslide at the Digdol area in the district on Thursday night, they said.
The meteorological department has forecast light to moderate rains or snow in Jammu and Kashmir over the next 24 hours. There is a possibility of scattered light rain or snow over Ladakh region, it said.
The highway has mostly remained blocked since last Thursday, when massive snowfall swept Jammu and Kashmir.
Mughal road is closed for the third consecutive Friday due to heavy snowfall at Pir Ki Gali and Shopian areas, the officials said.
The drive was carried out at Bagla and Pekhari villages adjoining the highway near Thandi Khui under the supervision of Samba Deputy Commissioner Rohit Khajuria and Senior Superintendent of Police Shakti Pathak on Friday, they said
According to officials, the overall situation is normal in the coastal state which has been witnessing heavy rains since October 23. In view of the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) prediction of heavy rains on Saturday, state authorities have issued a warning to fishermen and tourists against venturing into sea.
Thanking Gadkari for acceding to her request, she said this decision was a befitting tribute to Guru Nanak Dev on the occasion of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev that is being celebrated next month.
Authorities say three people aboard the plane escaped without injuries when it landed on the Federal Highway, in Hobe Sound, Florida.
The Mughal Road and the Doda-Kishtwar highway were closed for traffic due to landslides triggered by heavy rains in Jammu region on Thursday, officials said. The landslide occurred at Poshana on the Mughal Road, which lead to the closure of the route. Several vehicles are stranded and efforts are being made to clear the blockade, they said.
As part of innovative modes of financing to meet India's huge infrastructure appetite, insurance giant LIC has agreed to offer Rs 1.25 lakh crore line of credit by 2024, to fund highway projects, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.
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