Infrastructure & Construction News Today

Repair work on the Mandi-Pathankot highway by NHAI at Thakurdwara has caused massive traffic jams and hardships for commuters and businesses due to unshifted underground utility lines.

Despite funding delays, Tamil Nadu spent Rs 18,564 crore for the Chennai Metro Rail expansion. The Poonamallee-Porur-Vadapalani stretch highlights the DMK's enduring contribution to public transport infrastructure.

Manipur's Chief Minister met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to request the early start of the Shangshak-Tengnoupal highway project, sanction for the Imphal elevated road, and timely completion of key national highways.

India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways invested Rs 19,700 crore over five years, building over 2,150 wildlife mitigation structures like underpasses and overpasses to ensure safe animal movement along National Highways.

AUDA is undertaking a ₹50 crore project to address rainwater logging in Shela and Sanathal by deepening Sanathal Lake and connecting it to the Kolat Drain, alongside seeking central grants for regional water management.

Municipal authorities accelerated post-monsoon road repairs, shifting focus from material usage to completed kilometres. Officials also mandated integrated tenders for underground utility works and penalized illegal green waste dumping.

Vypin faces a severe shortage of public sports infrastructure, forcing young athletes to travel to Ernakulam for competitions while local grounds decline and private facilities remain unaffordable.

Vertis Infrastructure warns that uncoordinated parallel highway construction by central and state agencies wastes capital and risks traffic diversion, challenging project economics and investor confidence in India's road sector.

DE Shaw is expanding its Hyderabad workforce to over 3,000 employees with a new 6 lakh sq ft facility in Neopolis, scheduled to become operational by 2027.

The Delhi Development Authority has begun in-situ rehabilitation for 21,229 families across 45 jhuggi-jhopri clusters under Master Plan-2047, aiming to provide improved housing and basic services.