Loading NewKerala.com...

National Highway News - Latest Updates & Headlines

Jammu-Srinagar highway closed for second day due to snowfall and rains

Udhampur, March 1: Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remains closed for traffic movement for the second consecutive day due to snow accumulation. The closure of the National Highway has affected the transportation of essential commodities and passenger traffic between the Jammu and Kashmir divisions.

FM raises capex in FY 2025-26 to Rs 11.21 lakh crore for funding big infra projects

New Delhi, Feb 1: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has decided to continue with the high capital expenditure on big-ticket infrastructure projects in the highways, ports, railways, and power sectors with an allocation of Rs 11.21 lakh in the Budget for 2025-26, which represents an increase of 10.2 per cent over the Rs 10.18 crore that was spent on capex in 2024-25.