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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted highpitched eight national highways, six of them in Saurashtra region to Gujarat. While inaugurating the new cable-stayed bridge over Narmada River near Bharuch, Modi announced converting eight state highways into national highways to boost transport and tourism.

Roborace, the motorsport championship series of the future, has finally lifted the veil off of its electric driverless racing car – Robocar. With this model, the series is one step closer to its goal of holding the first global championship for driverless cars, on the same tracks as the FIA Formula E Championship. The car weighs 975 Kgs, is five ...

Tata Motors and Microsoft India today announced a strategic agreement to redefine connected and personalized driving experiences for Indian customers. Tata Motors will leverage Microsoft’s connected vehicle technologies that bring together artificial intelligence (AI), advanced machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities on the global hyper-scale Azure cloud, to traverse the digital and physical worlds and create a ...

In the next two years, MoRTH will be spending over Rs 13,000Cr to upgrade these highways/stateways in Maharashtra. Under the highway upgradation project, two-lane highways will be widened to four lanes. Out of the overall 38 packages or projects, some of the highways that would be upgraded in the next couple of years include Jalna-Parbhani, Aurangabad-Shirdi, Wakan-Pali-Khopoli, Satara-Pandharpur, Pune-Mulshi-Mangaon-Dighi Port, ...

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India proposes to spend Rs 50,000Cr to increase road connectivity and highways in Jharkhand in the next two and a half years. There is also a proposal to construct a bridge across the Ganga river at Sahibganj to link Manihari. The Centre will help to complete the Ranchi-Jamshedpur four lane road by ...

The Delhi Police is in the process of installing 50 Variable Message Sign boards at 50 locations near congestion-prone intersections, at arterial roads and before flyovers that witness large traffic volumes. The boards have been installed on Mathura Road, Sardar Patel Marg, Rao Tula Ram Marg, Dwarka Link Road, IGI Airport Road, Ring Road (near Moolchand flyover) and on stretches ...

A railway line at a height of 10,000 feet, and that too on the border with China can be a reality soon. The Ministry of Defence, in collaboration with the Ministry of Railways, is all set to finance the construction of three extremely strategic railway lines in the North-East: Murkongselek (Assam) to Pasighat in Arunachal, Silapathar (Assam) to Bame in ...

The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon has prepared a plan to install over 54000 streetlights, including 406 high-masts, to make the city roads brighter. While total 13,115 streetlights will be installed in Huda sectors and 1,218 lamps will come up in HSIIDC Phase 1-4, the rest of the streetlights will be placed across MCG wards. Currently, there are over 10,000 streetlights ...

Following the first successful Indo-German bootcamp held in July 2016 in Berlin, the second Indo-German bootcamp on ‘Transport and Mobility’ took place on 28 March. It brought together entrepreneurs from India and Germany to explore cooperation and grow their social impact. 10 teams were shortlisted to undergo an intense ten-day training. The Indian startups who participated in the demo day ...

The government is exploring a plan to reserve one lane in each national highway for the exclusive use of electric trucks. These trucks won’t be battery operated but powered by electricity from overhead cables on a dedicated lane. To start with, the MoRTH is planning a pilot project for running 50-tonne electric trucks between Delhi and Mumbai, aimed at halving the ...