In the wake of the recent rains damaging the Madikeri-Mangaluru Highway with a crack developing on the road near Sampaje, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha submitted a memorandum to Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi yesterday and sought immediate repair of the road along with the construction of a retaining…
No registration fee for e-vehicles
June 20, 2019New Delhi: To boost the use of electric vehicles, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to exempt battery-operated vehicles from paying registration fees. The Ministry issued a draft notification in this regard and sought comments from the stakeholders. The exemption will be applicable to all categories of e-vehicle like 2, 3…
Linking Cauvery-Godavari to end water disputes : Nitin Gadkari
January 22, 2019Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh): Here is a solution at sight for the decades-long vexed Cauvery River Water Dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry. The Centre will soon take up a major project to link Cauvery in Karnataka and Godavari in Andhra Pradesh that will put an end to the imbroglio. Making an announcement…
The Game of Throne in Karnataka: Will New Year see New Govt.?
December 31, 2018With Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and his family in Singapore, maybe for health check up or for a New Year’s holiday or for both, the political apple cart is likely to be overturned before the Parliamentary elections in the next five months. The JD(S) and the Congress Coalition Government came to power in the State,…
Nitin Gadkari at Srirangapatna
May 4, 2018Union Minister Nitin Gadkari campaigned for Srirangapatna BJP candidate K.S. Nanjunde Gowda at Srirangapatna town yesterday. BJP leader Tejaswini Ramesh and others were also part of the campaign.
Cauvery verdict unfavourable to us, says Deve Gowda
February 27, 2018Bengaluru: Over ten days after the Supreme Court verdict on the vexed Cauvery dispute, JD(S) patriarch H.D. Deve Gowda yesterday said mere allocation of excess water was not good news for Karnataka as it could neither be diverted beyond the basin nor utilised for crops. He told the media here that though Bengaluru was not…
Yeddy’s chopper denied landing permission
February 19, 2018Mysuru: The Special Protection Group (SPG) has denied permission for the chopper of BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa and Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to land in Mysuru. Both Gadkari and Yeddyurappa had plans to fly from Shivamogga and arrive at the Lalitha Mahal Helipad at 2.30 pm today to participate in the BJP Rally…
MP R. Dhruvanarayan meets Union Minister seeking National Highway upgradation
December 21, 2017New Delhi: Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan met Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari recently and submitted a memorandum seeking upgradation of the National Highway (NH) passing through parts of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts. The Union Government has revised the prerequisites for upgrading the existing two-lane NHs into four-lane. According to the revised…
MGP urges Nitin Gadkari to stop Hunsur Road work
November 22, 2017Mysuru: The controversial Rs.12 crore road straightening work on Hunsur Road, which has faced the ire and opposition of the public, has now reached the Office of the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari. In an e-mail letter to the Minister, Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has urged him to withdraw the project…
Roadside amenities: Just another illusion?
August 4, 2017By Dr.K. Javeed Nayeem Our Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that the government will soon set up wayside amenities at every fifty kilometres on all our National Highways. Considering the fact that we have only been hearing such announcements from successive governments since time immemorial without their implementation, the question that naturally…
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