Dharamsala, Dec 14 (IANS) The Rohtang tunnel located beneath the majestic Rohtang Pass in Kullu district will be completed by 2014, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said Monday.
‘The work on the Rohtang tunnel would start soon and it would be completed by 2014,’ Dhumal told the state assembly.
He said the tunnel would not [...]
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The construction of 61 roads along the India-China border have been delayed due to environment clearances not coming in time and inclement weather, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Wednesday.
The government had earmarked 73 roads for construction along the unresolved 4,056 km long Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. But [...]
Shimla, Nov 24 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government Tuesday requested the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to reopen the Rohtang Pass in Kullu district, closed to the traffic since Nov 9 snowfall, as soon as possible.
‘Public Works Minister Thakur Gulab Singh Tuesday met the BRO Director-General, Lt. Gen. M.C. Badhani, in Shimla and requested him to [...]
Manali, Nov 22 (ANI): Rescue teams have recovered at least ten bodies of snowstorm victims in the Manali hill resort area.
According to officials, the victims are mostly labourers from Bihar and Jharkhand.
Most of the victims died of hypothermia.
It was estimated that over 80 people were stuck at the Rohatang Pass on Friday due to the [...]
Bardang (Sikkim), Nov 17(ANI): The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and the officials have developed a collective mechanism for protection of environment in the State as Chief Minister Pawan Chamling laid the foundation stone for a ‘cut and cover’ tunnel along National Highway 31A at Bardang here [...]
Manali (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 14 (IANS) The snow-bound Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district, closed since Nov 9, could be reopened in a day or two, said engineers Saturday busy clearing the 13,050 feet-high pass of snow.
The snow clearing has been going on for the past five days, S.K. Doon of the General Reserve [...]
Agartala, Nov 13 (IANS) There was tension along the India-Bangladesh border in southern Tripura after Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers threatened to open fire if labourers did not stop repair work on an Indian highway, officials said here Friday.
‘The Public Works Department (PWD) labourers were working Thursday to repair a 100-year- old highway in southern Tripura, [...]
Shimla, Oct 19 (IANS) The strategic Manali-Leh National Highway 21 was Monday temporarily closed to vehicular traffic following heavy snowfall at high altitudes along the highway.
The 475-km highway connects Manali in Himachal Pradesh and Leh in Jammu and Kashmir.
As authorities announced the closure of the highway, men from the General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) have [...]
Changla Gaon (Arunachal Pradesh), Sep 16 (ANI): Villagers living along the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh said on Wednesday that Chinese incursions were a result of lack of border demarcation.
Indian media had reported that two soldiers of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) [...]
New Delhi, Sep. 16 (ANI): A US think-tank has said that China’s recent aggression on Indian border is direct result of Beijing’s “nervousness over India’s rise.”
“Well, I think China is becoming increasingly nervous about India’s rise. It’s something that they have to deal with [...]
Siliguri (West Bengal), Aug 16(ANI): At least five people were killed in West Bengal’s Siliguri district in a massive landslide, which was triggered by incessant overnight rains, officials said on Sunday.
“Last night, it rained heavily in Kerseong sub-division and due to this there were heavy landslides and five people have even lost their lives,” said [...]
