The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is constructing a four-lane ring road from Mullanpur to Baddi in Himachal Pradesh via Siswan. The 18-km stretch is a part of the ring road to be constructed around Chandigarh. The project is expected to decongest traffic and facilitate the development of the tricity area.
Almost a month has passed since UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria directed authorities to assess the financial and economic viability of Metro systems in cities of similar size before proceeding further. In April this year, RITES had recommended a two-coach Metro system as the most viable alternative transport solution for Chandigarh in its Alternatives Analysis Report. Two-coach Metro system most …
The two carjackers who landed in Mohali police’s net on Tuesday are involved in at least 50 snatching cases across the tricity, apart from murder bid on a cab driver on Airport Road near IT City, police said on Wednesday. The duo, Dharminder alias Sunny of Kapurthala and Lucky alias Kala of Ferozepur, landed in Mohali police’s net on Tuesday …
Hail was recorded in parts of the tricity on Wednesday evening with a hailstorm in Zirakpur and Panchkula while only trace rain and gusty winds upto 60km/h were recorded in Chandigarh. 7 cars damaged as two unipoles fell in Zirakpur Zirakpur: Seven cars were damaged when two unipoles in Zirakpur fell due to a dust storm on Wednesday evening. In …
Rain continued to wreak havoc across tricity and its periphery areas for the third consecutive day, leading to building collapses, road cave-ins, and waterlogging at several places. Advocate Sahil Puri, a resident of Omaxe housing society in New Chandigarh, blamed a builder for digging the road to flush out rain water collected in the artificial lake of the society.With roads …
