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Tuesday, December 09 2025 | 03:35:04 AM

LAUNCH OF ‘TRIPUT’

The first of two Advanced Frigates under construction by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for the Indian Navy, was launched on 23 Jul 24 at GSL, Goa. In keeping with maritime tradition, the ship was launched by Smt Rita Sreedharan to the invocation from Atharva Veda, in the presence of Shri P S Sreedharan Pillai, Hon’ble Governor of …

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ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

The State-wise details of 5293 Electric Vehicle charging stations established along National Highways is given at Annexure -A. This includes 4729 EV Charging Stations set up under Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas at an expenditure of Rs. 178 Crore. In addition, Ministry of Heavy Industries has set up a …

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ROAD CONSTRUCTION INITIATIVES

At the beginning of the current financial year 2024-25, under ongoing/awarded projects, the Ministry had about 20,000 km balance length of National Highways (NHs) for construction. Moreover, the Ministry has a shelf of projects under DPR and tendering process, to further augment the construction progress during the current and next …

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NEW TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM

The Pilot study with regard to Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) based user fee collection system has been done on the following two Highway stretches:- Bengaluru-Mysore section of NH-275 in the State of Karnataka. Panipat- Hisar section of NH-709 (old NH-71A) in the State of Haryana. A stake holder consultation …

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COMPLETION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS PROJECTS

From amongst all the National Highway projects started since 1st April 2014, there are  697 ongoing projects that have spilled beyond their original completion schedule, without attaining any of the various stages of project completion. The State/Union Territory-wise details are annexed. The primary reasons for delay in NH projects are issues …

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STUDY ON RUNNING VEHICLES CATCHING FIRE

As per information available with this Ministry, some fire incidents have been reported in battery operated vehicles and one in sleeper coach bus. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had constituted a Committee of experts to suggest formulation of safety standards for the battery and its components, BMS (battery management …

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DEATHS DUE TO ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA

Based on the data received from Police Department of States/ UTs, total number of fatalities due to road accidents in the country from calendar year 2018 to 2022 is given in the table below : – Year Total Number of Fatalities 2018 1,57,593 2019 1,58,984 2020 1,38,383 2021 1,53,972 2022 …

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GREEN HIGHWAYS PROJECT

Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification & Maintenance), Policy- 2015 was issued in 2015 by the ministry. As per the policy, plantations are carried out along available surplus median and roadside land of ROW. The plantations are carried out according to mandate of Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification & Maintenance), Policy-2015 …

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