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Amidst ongoing public outcry, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the government will reconsider its plans to fell dozens of century-old trees in Guwahati to make way for a flyover. On Tuesday, prominent personalities and residents criticised the BJP-led government for planning to chop around 25 treessome as old as 200 yearsalong the banks of Dighalipukhuri tank for the project. The protests continued on Wednesday, with college students, citizens, and local leaders gathering at Dighalipukhuri to voice their concerns. "I want to assure you that the government is deeply committed to preserving our city's heritage and environment while advancing infrastructure. In constructing the flyovers from Dighalupukhuri to Noonmati, we are sincerely working to protect the old trees in the area. I urge all stakeholders to allow the Public Works Department a few days to explore an alternative proposal and assess its feasibility," Sarma said in a post on X. The government is .

These flyovers are expected to improve traffic flow in Indore, providing lakhs of citizens with the facility of uninterrupted transportation

Noida traffic police issued an advisory as re-surfacing work begins on the elevated flyover. According to the advisory, the repair work might take 45 days to complete, check alternate routes here

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways on Saturday inaugurated a multi-level flyover built at Chandni Chowk in Maharashtra's Pune and said it will address traffic congestion in the city. He also pitched for skybus services here. While Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was not present at the event, deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar attended the inauguration. The main issue of traffic congestion in Pune will be resolved as the bridge constructed here at Chandni Chowk has a total length of 16.98 km. An amount of Rs 865 crore has been spent on this project and now the work on the 2.2-km-long Chandni Chowk interchange has also been completed, Gadkari said. The internal and external service roads have been aligned with Mumbai-Banglore National Highway, he said. The Union minister also suggested that the state government develop skybus services in Pune, saying roads in the city have little scope for expansion. I advise Ajit Pawar and Chandrakant Patil (higher and technical ..

The Sarita Vihar flyover here will undergo extensive repair and expansion work, which will result in the closure of its carriages for a period of 50 days starting from Wednesday

The full reopening of the Chirag Delhi flyover from Wednesday following maintenance work will benefit lakhs of commuters travelling between Nehru Place and the Indian Institute of Technology every day, PWD Minister Atishi said. The Public Works department (PWD) completed the maintenance work ahead of schedule. Now that the work on both the carriageways has been completed, the flyover will be open for traffic from Wednesday, she said. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal kept a watch on the maintenance work and monitored the progress regularly, Atishi said. "The maintenance work had to be halted several times due to frequent rain in the past month, causing delays in the timeline. However, the PWD showed its commitment by working round the clock and completing the work ahead of schedule. We are proud that the PWD has taken another step forward in making Delhi traffic jam-free," she added. The reopening of the flyover will benefit lakhs of commuters who travel between Nehru Place and IIT ev

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday inaugurated the Ashram flyover extension that would bring a huge relief for people commuting between Delhi and Noida. PWD engineer-in-chief Anant Kumar said that for now, light vehicles will be allowed on the extended flyover. "Woes of people have ended, those coming from Noida can reach AIIMS (hospital) sooner after Ashram flyover extension opening," Kejriwal said. He also criticised the tardy pace of work during previous years, saying 27 flyovers have been built under the rule of his Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi but only 84 flyovers were built in the last 65 years. Kejriwal said 15 more big projects are in the pipeline. The AAP supremo also spoke on the CBI visit to former Bihar CM Rabri Devi's residence on Monday. He said targetting and harassing of opposition leaders is wrong. CBI officials said a team visited Rabri Devi's residence in connection with "further probe" in the land-for-jobs scam case but there is no search or raid takin

The decks have been cleared for the work to begin on the construction of the country's longest elevated 6-lane flyover in Kerala's Alappuzha district at a cost of Rs 1,668.50 crore

Vehicular movement will be affected on the Ring Road between Rajouri Garden and Punjabi Bagh in Delhi for around 11 months due to construction of an elevated road, police said on Thursday. The Delhi Police issued the traffic advisory, asking people to avoid these stretches. "Traffic will remain affected on Ring Road in both the carriageways from Rajouri Garden towards Punjabi Bagh & vice-versa for approx. 11 months," it tweeted. It is due to construction of an elevated road from New Moti Nagar flyover to the ESI Hospital, it added.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal laid the foundation stone of a 6-lane flyover between Anand Vihar to Apsara Border, intended to decongest one of the national capital's most crowded corridors

The DFC has identified 46 crossings where the rail flyovers are to be constructed to prevent rail crossing accidents

The Ashram flyover extension work will be completed by November, providing relief to lakhs of people commuting between Noida and Delhi, according to an official statement. The six-lane flyover will end traffic bottlenecks at Ashram Chowk, a major intersection. According to PWD officials, the earlier deadline to built the flyover was September this year. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday conducted a site inspection to check the progress of the construction and instructed officials to install additional machinery to expedite the work. "It was a herculean task to build a flyover in the middle of such a busy Ring Road but the PWD engineers undertook this daunting challenge and delivered. Ashram flyover extension work in full swing, to be completed for citizens use by November," Sisodia said in the statement. He said that after the completion of this flyover, lakhs of people commuting from Noida and other parts of Delhi to the southern part of the city will be freed from

Along with the restrictions imposed by DMRC, Delhi Traffic Police on Thursday also issued an advisory related to the routes that will remain close on Independence Day

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday said the construction of Delhi's much awaited double-decker flyover in northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura will be completed by 2023

An integrated "flyover-cum-metro viaduct structure" along with a vehicle underpass is being built in Delhi on the Majlis Park-Maujpur corridor under the Phase-IV work, officials said on Sunday.

Kerala High Court lifted bail condition on former Kerala PWD Minister and Indian Union Muslim League leader VK Ebrahim Kunju, in connection with the Palarivattom flyover scam case

State Congress president Adhir Chowdhury alleged that the collapse of the bridge was a clear case of corruption

CM Mamata Banerjee said 70 have been injured and announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the families of the dead

NDRF, Army rush to the site; the stock of IVRCL, who was constructing the 2.2 km-long flyover, fell 6% on BSE

Project's foundation was laid in 2008, work on the Rs 164-crore project began on 2009, was to be completed by 2012 but land acquisition issues delayed it