Rural Roads

In the early hours of Sunday morning, a fatal road accident unfolded near Ananthapuram rural of Andhra Pradesh, resulting in the untimely death of three individuals and leaving one person injured, according to police.

At least 24 people were killed and 35 injured on Monday, when a bus careened off the edge of a rural mountain road in southeastern Peru, according to police and health officials.

Urging the people of rural Bengal to exercise their franchise in the panchayat elections without fail, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Friday said he would be on the streets along with his team during polling.

India has more rural internet users than urban users and the nation is the world's number one in digital transactions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Saturday, inaugurating several projects in the road and railway sectors.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-III in Himachal Pradesh to upgrade 3,125 km of rural roads, saying the government wants to build roads in every village of the state.

Anand Mahindra retweeted a video of a beautiful tree tunnel - also known as a "Trunnel" - and urged Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to purposefully plant trees on the new rural roads that are being built across India.

Rural health workers in Assam's Kokrajhar district, braving forests, streams and bad roads to reach Lungsung forest near the Bhutan border. This tribal community hasn't reported a single COVID-19 case.

Rural and district roads of 1,656 km in 20 districts in Rajasthan will be upgraded as state highways, and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today approved a proposal in this regard, according to an official statement.

A civil engineering student, Rosy Behera, has been working on a road project under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for the last three weeks to deposit a sum of Rs 24,500 in order to obtain her diploma certificate.

Some industries in rural areas, e-commerce, IT and farming will be allowed after April 20, the government said on Wednesday in new guidelines a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the nationwide coronavirus lockdown till May 3 and said restrictions would be relaxed after a week in the least infected parts of India. The government says i...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government here on Monday signed a $200 million loan pact for upgrade of rural thoroughfares to all-weather roads in 34 districts of Maharashtra, improve road safety and better connectivity with markets and services.

Bajaj Auto recently launched the CT110 in India, with prices starting at Rs. 39,997 (ex-showroom, Delhi). The Bajaj CT110 has been engineered to take on rough roads, thanks to a bunch of added features. Here's everything you need to know about the bike.

Parliament Highlights: Parliament continued its proceedings today till 11.59 pm in the ongoing Monsoon session. The Lower House or Lok Sabha discussed and vote on Demand for Grants under the Control of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Demand for Grants under Control of Ministries of Rural Development and Agriculture and Farmers Welfare f...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced augmenting 1,25,000 km of rural roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana at a cost of Rs. 80,250 crore and creating a national highways grid.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the union budget, said today that the government will invest widely in agriculture infrastructure and support private entrepreneurship for value addition in farm sector.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, a fatal road accident unfolded near Ananthapuram rural of Andhra Pradesh, resulting in the untimely death of three individuals and leaving one person injured, according to police.

At least 24 people were killed and 35 injured on Monday, when a bus careened off the edge of a rural mountain road in southeastern Peru, according to police and health officials.

Urging the people of rural Bengal to exercise their franchise in the panchayat elections without fail, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Friday said he would be on the streets along with his team during polling.

India has more rural internet users than urban users and the nation is the world's number one in digital transactions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Saturday, inaugurating several projects in the road and railway sectors.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-III in Himachal Pradesh to upgrade 3,125 km of rural roads, saying the government wants to build roads in every village of the state.

Anand Mahindra retweeted a video of a beautiful tree tunnel - also known as a "Trunnel" - and urged Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to purposefully plant trees on the new rural roads that are being built across India.

Rural health workers in Assam's Kokrajhar district, braving forests, streams and bad roads to reach Lungsung forest near the Bhutan border. This tribal community hasn't reported a single COVID-19 case.

Rural and district roads of 1,656 km in 20 districts in Rajasthan will be upgraded as state highways, and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today approved a proposal in this regard, according to an official statement.

A civil engineering student, Rosy Behera, has been working on a road project under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for the last three weeks to deposit a sum of Rs 24,500 in order to obtain her diploma certificate.

Some industries in rural areas, e-commerce, IT and farming will be allowed after April 20, the government said on Wednesday in new guidelines a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the nationwide coronavirus lockdown till May 3 and said restrictions would be relaxed after a week in the least infected parts of India. The government says i...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government here on Monday signed a $200 million loan pact for upgrade of rural thoroughfares to all-weather roads in 34 districts of Maharashtra, improve road safety and better connectivity with markets and services.

Bajaj Auto recently launched the CT110 in India, with prices starting at Rs. 39,997 (ex-showroom, Delhi). The Bajaj CT110 has been engineered to take on rough roads, thanks to a bunch of added features. Here's everything you need to know about the bike.

Parliament Highlights: Parliament continued its proceedings today till 11.59 pm in the ongoing Monsoon session. The Lower House or Lok Sabha discussed and vote on Demand for Grants under the Control of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Demand for Grants under Control of Ministries of Rural Development and Agriculture and Farmers Welfare f...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced augmenting 1,25,000 km of rural roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana at a cost of Rs. 80,250 crore and creating a national highways grid.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the union budget, said today that the government will invest widely in agriculture infrastructure and support private entrepreneurship for value addition in farm sector.