ZERO FATALITY CORRIDOR

Since the launch of the "zero fatality corridor" initiative for the Mumbai-Pune Expressway (MPEW) in 2016, there has been a marked decline in road crash deaths, stated the report on the project, a joint effort of the Maharashtra State Road Developme...

A report highlights the success of the "zero fatality corridor" initiative on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, revealing a 58.3% reduction in road crash fatalities since 2016 and a 32% decrease since 2022. The initiative, a collaboration between various ...

Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari, on Monday, said despite several efforts by the government to reduce road accidents the government has not received desired results and hence the latest target is 2030. MoRTH had in 2022 said it aim...

The £50,000 award - not counting the bonanza of royalties the flashbulb-popping prize generates - went to Paul Lynch for his dystopian novel, Prophet Song, about a woman desperately trying to save her family from a vortex of violence as Ireland is e...

Infrastructure development also results in large scale employment generation along with providing boost to the related industries, while also achieving social goals of providing access to essential services and amenities to all citizens.

The WHO's emergencies director, Mike Ryan, said on Wednesday in some of the U.N. health agency's most critical remarks to date, that Chinese officials were under-representing data on several fronts.

Coughing, groaning, and gasping for breath, elderly Covid patients crammed hospital corridors in Shanghai on Tuesday as a wave of Covid-19 cases raged through the Chinese megacity.

In the previous fiscal, NHAI had raised Rs 8,000 crore for five projects accounting for 400 km through the first tranche of InVIT. InvITs are collective investment vehicles similar to an MF, which enables direct monetary investment from individual a...

In a bid to reduce congestion from Vidyasagar Setu in the state, it has decided to construct a 6.5-km six-lane elevated road on the existing four-lane Kona Expressway at a cost of Rs 2,000 crore and will float a tender for the project by December th...

The committee members from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha expressed their concern over the large number of accidents and deaths on roads. It was emphasised that the number of road accidents and fatalities on roads across the country needs to be reduc...

India recorded about 1.51 lakh road deaths in 4.49 lakh accidents in the year 2019. In order to change this picture and realise the vision of 'Zero road fatalities on Indian roads', Road Ministry has come out with output and outcome-driven scheme.

In an interview with The Economic Times, the commerce minister talked about the alleged violation of FDI norms by ecommerce companies, the progress on the new trade deal with the United States and India' s stand on the RCEP.

The bullet train network, spanning most of Japan, is close to being ubiquitous with a rare record of zero fatalities in 50 years .

The survey is being carried out more than a decade after the country’s fast ever mega highway programme was completed.

A bullet train on Indian soil is part of Modi’s ambitious plan to modernize rail infrastructure after decades of underinvestment.

A top speed of 350 kmph is not the only thing thrilling about this train. Passengers will also get the thrill of riding under the sea, a first in the country.

Sanjeev Sinha has been appointed as adviser for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Rail project by Japan Railways, estimated to cost about Rs 1 lakh crore.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has started work with Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to make the Mumbai-Pune Expressway safer.