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release of Cauvery river water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu. The statewide shutdown call has been issued by ‘Kannada Okkuta’, an umbrella organisation for Kannada outfits including factions of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, Kannada Chalavali (Vatal Paksha) and various farmers’ bodies. The bandh would enforced from dawn to dusk, the organisers said.

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Cauvery water issue. The normal life is likely to be affected, especially in the southern part of the state, with pro-Kannada and farmers' organisations calling for 'Karnataka Bandh' on Friday. According to PTI, 'Kannada Okkuta', an umbrella organisation for Kannada outfits including factions of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, Kannada Chalavali (Vatal Paksha) and various farmers' bodies have given a call for the dawn-to-dusk shutdown. The state is set to witness massive protest procession from Town Hall to Freedom Park in the city, in which people from all walks of life are likely to participate, reported PTI, citing the organisers as saying.

PTI reported. Road Transport and Highways Secretary Anurag Jain, who briefed the reporters along with Gadkari in New Delhi, said the ministry has done the mapping of the entire national highways length of 1,46,000 kilometres and is firming up performance-based maintenance and short-term maintenance contracts to remove potholes by December this year. For the upcoming highway construction projects, the government is likely to issue contracts under the Built-Operate-Transfer (BOT) mode, as Gadkari suggested that highways developed under this model are considered to be more resilient and adequately maintained.

pothole free by December 2023 with construction focus shifting from the engineering, procurement and construction (EPF) model to build-operate-transfer (BOT) model and the hybrid annuity model (HAM) for government projects under the ministry of road transport and highways. “Under BOT mode, the maintenance of the highways lies with the contractor and hence good quality roads are made which minimises their maintenance cost,” road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.

roads and railways worth Rs 52,000 crore have been recommended for approval under the PM Gati Shakti initiative, an official statement said on Thursday. This takes the total number of projects assessed by NPG to 112 with a total value of about Rs 11.53 lakh crore, since the launch of PM Gati Shakti, it said. These six projects were assessed in the 56th Network Planning Group (NPG) meeting on September 27.

Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations on Anant Chaturdashi, the Mumbai Traffic Police have issued a set of guidelines aimed at ensuring a smooth and safe procession. In a bid to maintain order and safety, the Mumbai traffic authorities have placed certain restrictions on the use of 13 «old and dangerous» road over-bridges (ROBs) and announced road closures. On this auspicious day, devotees are urged to refrain from dancing and using loudspeakers while taking Ganpati idols for immersion at designated ROBs.

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Read all the latest updates on Bengaluru Bandh here Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda said that Section 144 will be imposed in the city under which gatherings of more than five people will not be permitted. Yesterday, a meeting was held between two groups of activists and organisations--one led by farmer leader Kuruburu Shanthakumar who has called for a Bengaluru Bandh today, and another led by activist Vatal Nagaraj.

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national highways and 60kmph for urban roads. However, the Madras High Court quashed the order in 2021, stating these speeds were too high. The matter is now in the Supreme Court.

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Krishna Byre Gowda announced on Friday. They will function on September 23, Saturday also, though it is a government holiday. The minister's announcement followed a sharp jump in property registrations as the government has increased the guidance value of immovable properties as much as 30%, effective October 1. Property buyers are rushing to sub registrar's offices to complete the registration process before October 1 to save on the additional stamp duty as well as the registration costs. The Revenue Minister on Tuesday announced that the guidance value of properties in Bengaluru will go up from October 1 by 25%-30% on average. Plots near the national highways and in technology corridors such as electronic city, the jump in guidance value will be as high as 50%.