The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval for four laning of the Jorhat to Demow section of National Highway-37 in Assam. The approval has been given under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North Eastern Region (SARDP-NE) Phase ‘A’ on Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT-Annuity) in Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) pattern.

A project to upgrade a road to Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) in Mumbai has been approved by the Union government on September 23. The road project involves a total expenditure of Rs 1,943.37 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the road development project, to be undertaken by Mumbai JNPT Port Road Company (MJPRCL).

Sadbhav Engineering has stated that step down subsidiary of the company Ahmedabad Ring Road Infrastructure (ARRIL), the Special Purpose Vehicle incorporated for undertaking of improvement and widening of then existing 2 Lane Sardar Patel Ring Road around Ahmedabad City to 4 lane carriageway, has received sanction of Rs 6,329.0 mn (FACILIY) including existing debt of Rs 3,799.0 mn towards securitisation of the project.

The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for four-laning of the Kaithal Rajasthan border section of National Highway-152/65 in Haryana under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase IV, on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (BOT/DBFOT) basis in Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) (Toll) mode of delivery.

As it could not avail required land for road construction, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) in Kerala has abandoned two projects, envisaged to four-lane the 82-km Kannur to Vengalam section of NH 17 at a cost of Rs 1,320 crore and the 88-km Vengalam-Kuttipuram section of NH 17 at a cost of Rs 1,316 crore.

As it could not avail required land for road construction, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) in Kerala has abandoned two projects, envisaged to four-lane the 82-km Kannur to Vengalam section of NH 17 at a cost of Rs 1,320 crore and the 88-km Vengalam-Kuttipuram section of NH 17 at a cost of Rs 1,316 crore.

The Tamil Nadu government sent a proposal to the central government for a Chennai City mono rail project. The state government decided to implement Phase 1 of the Chennai Monorail Project of a total length of 57.09 km

The Union government has given its consent to the expansion work on the Kerala Border–Kollegal section of National Highway-212 in Karnataka. The highway project is for two/four laning with Paved Side Shoulders (PSS). The highway project has been approved under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase IV, on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (BOT/DBFOT) basis in build-operate-transfer (BOT) (Toll) mode of delivery. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs recently gave i

For the road development project of Chennai Outer Ring Road Phase II, Ashoka Buildcon company along with GVR Infra Projects has formed a consortium of 50:50 per cent and submitted a bid to the Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC). The Ring Road Phase II is to be constructed from Nemilicheri on NH 205 to Minjur on Thiruvottiyur-Ponneri-Panchetti (TPP) Road on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) annuity basis.