At a high-level meeting in Guwahati, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on February 4 discussed various highway projects with the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways CP Joshi.
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Road repairs on hold in Mumbai
The Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is a dilemma whether it should award major road repair works in the city to a blacklisted contractor. As a result, major road repairs in south Mumbai have been put on hold. RPS Infraprojects (formerly RP Shah), a company blacklisted by the building proposal department in 2010, has submitted the lowest bid for a basket of projects estimated to cost Rs 275 crore.
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NHAI reaches out to h’way builders to look into their issues
Troubled by the decision of two leading developers to walk out of two large road contracts, key ministries led by the Prime Minister's Office have initiated a damage control exercise to ensure that other private developers do not follow suit, leaving behind a raft of halfbuilt highway projects.
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Pucca road construction brings a sea change to MP’s village
The entire scenario of the Pathar village in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district has been changed with the construction of pucca roads. It is said that roads are identity of villages and roads play important role in paving way for development.
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Ongoing work on Delhi road poses danger to commuters
In Delhi, the ongoing work to reconstruct the central verge on Ekasur Vithi Road in front of Archana Complex, GK-I, has become a nightmare for commuters. With debris spilling on both sides of the road and concrete blocks piled up next to it, the two-lane road has been reduced to half its size leading to traffic jams. Similarly, the central verge on the road connecting Outer Ring Road to GK-I via Pamposh Enclave, was broken two weeks back.
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A’bad’s SG h’way expansion takes off, faces hurdle
After a delay of over six months, the widening work on an important stretch of the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar highway (NH 8-C), which connects the western part of Ahmedabad to the state capital (Gandhinagar) has finally taken off. The Rs 55-crore project has, however, hit a roadblock with the compound wall and sacred Nishan Sahib of Gobind Dham Gurudwara coming in the way of the expansion plan of the State Roads and Buildings Department.
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Coimbatore to get 2 subways to decongest roads
In Coimbatore, two new subways are being planned near Coimbatore main railway station and near Saibaba colony on NSR road to decongest the busy streets in the city. Tamil Nadu Highways Department will be in charge of building the pedestrian subway on State Bank Road near railway station while the corporation will execute the second subway near Saibaba colony.
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AIIFA seeks CENVAT credit on duty
Secondary steel manufacturers want the union government to consider deemed duty paid on steel scrap for availing CENVAT credit in the union budget 2013-14. According to the All India Induction Furnaces Association (AIIFA), the revenue collection of the central government would rise remarkably by allowing Deemed Duty Cre
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Overseas steel firms may invest in local companies
In order to gain foothold in a growth market, overseas steel manufacturers may make strategic investments in smaller steel mills in India, agency reports suggest. Such investment by foreign steel firms may be beneficial for both the investor and the local company. The local partner gets both funding and technology while the
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DSP posts 5% growth in steel output
The production of saleable steel by the Durgapur Steel Plant of SAIL rose 5 per cent in January from the year-ago month. The company also witnessed expansion in output across major categories such as hot metal, crude steel, continuous casting, blend mix and sinter during the month. The company produced 121,150 tonne of special steel and