In Kerala, the Guruvayur Infrastructure, a joint venture company responsible for toll collection and road maintenance on the Mannuthi-Edappally stretch of the National Highway has hiked the toll rates being charged from motorists at the Paliyekkara toll plaza in Thrissur on March 27. The toll hike has taken place despite strong public protests.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Now, Delhi to have one-legged elevated roads
In a first, 24.2 metre-wide elevated roads will be constructed in Delhi on a single narrow column using the single-pier technique. In this, six lanes of traffic will move on top, while four lanes will be open at the ground level as well. These elevated flyways are being built on outer Ring Road and Ring Road, and will help avoid traffic congestion at the ground level, say officials.
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Bangalore’s Bannerghatta road to be widened soon
The iconic stone structure at the main entrance of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) will soon make way for a road widening project on Bannerghatta Road. The widening of the Bannerghatta-NICE Road stretch has been approved by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) recently.
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MMRDA to spend Rs 622 cr on road infra in Thane dist
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will spend Rs 622 crore on the extended Mumbai urban infrastructure projects, mainly in Thane district. It will build six flyovers, a creek-bridge at Vasai between Naigaon and Bhayendar and over 90-km of road network in Vasai, Thane, Kalyan, Dombivli, Ambernath, Karjat , Badlapur and Arnala.
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Centre to set up road regulatory authority
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on March 28 announced the proposal to set up a road regulatory authority to address issues such as financial stress, construction risk and contract management in the sector.
The Minister said the independent regulatory authority will be set up in 2014 to address all issues faced by the road sector.
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Kerala opposes development of 5 NHs
The Kerala government is not willing to develop five National Highways (NH) in the state that are included in the National Highway Development Project (NHDP) Phase IVA and imposing toll on them. The State has informed the same to the Union government.
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Widening of key highway started in Srinagar
Gearing up to fulfill his commitment of bringing an end to traffic jams at Pantha Chowk in Srinagar, a key highway stretch to south Kashmir, District Development Commissioner Srinagar Farooq Ahmed Shah on March 27 got widening work started, an official spokesman said. He said the DDC directed to take up the widening work in the Sempora stretch, which witnesses frequent traffic jams.
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Widening of roads begins in Arpora-Nagoa area in Goa
The Goa Public Works Department (PWD) has started work on the widening of roads in Arpora-Nagoa panchayat area. In the first phase, the road from the Arpora market junction to the Nagoa church is being widened.
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Gammon gets uderwriting of financial closure for 5 road projects
Gammon Infrastructure has secured underwriting for the financial closure of five highways projects in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Haryana, which is likely to help the developer tie up funds easily and enable faster pace of progress.
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Navayuga Road Projects to invest Rs 357.60 cr
The Government has approved six foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth over Rs 732 crore based on the Foreign Investment Promotion BoardÂ’s recommendations. The two largest proposals notified by the Finance Ministry include Hyderabad-based Navayuga Road ProjectsÂ’ plans to make downstream investments in its Special Purpose Companies worth Rs 357.60 crore and SIDBI Social Venture TrustÂ’s submission to bring in foreign investment worth Rs 285 crore by allotting some units of the Fund.