In the last seven years, Bihar has built a total of 15,052.57 km of roads in the state and now one can travel from any district headquarters to the state capital within six hours except for far flung Kishanganj district. Bihar Chief Minister said that 35 km of roads are built everyday in the state.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Kolkata Airport Metro Delay
Change in design and delay on the part of Railway Board to approve cost escalation, may affect the implementation schedule of the proposed Airport-New Garia Metro link in Kolkata. Originally estimated to cost Rs 3,951 crore, the project is already one year behind the scheduled deadline of 2015.
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Rajasthan Road Project
For Rajasthan, the Union Government is likely to approve a Rs 4,355-crore project for construction of 1,300 km roads, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, CP Joshi, said. The construction of 1,869-km long roads in the state was completed at a cost of Rs 12,000 crore and work on an additional 1,243-km is underway, he said at a function in Jaipur.
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Bank's Cautious OnWind Energy Projects
According to senior executives in financial institutions and private equity funds, financial viability of distribution licensees, evacuation infrastructure gaps and project approvals are the constraints to utility-scale wind energy projects. The project viability is primarily dependent on their ability to sell power.
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Meeting unique needs
The Cat®120K2 motor grader is delivering exceÂptional value to match a wide range of customer requirements pertaining to heavy construction, mining, road building and governmental applications. Vouching for its high performance and efficiency is Transstroy (India)—one of IndiaÂ’s fastest growing engiÂneering and construction companies. “Transstroy India is currently handling 10 road construction projects at Bhopal, Tirupati, Kareemnagar, Dindigul, Tuticorin to Tirunelveli, Tindivanam to Krishnagi
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Bitumen-free joint filler
The construction accessories division of Supreme Industries has developed customised solutions speÂciÂfically for the construction requirements of various segments. DURAboardHD100 (formerly SILflex/Capell HD100) is an exclusive compressible filler board specially designed to be used as expansion joint filler in concrete brick, block work and isolation joint, where readily comÂpressible low load transfer joint filler is reqÂuired. Its exceÂllent recovery property makes it the most suitable produc
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Better road traffic management
Variable Massages Signs (VMS) by Microprocessador Sistemas Digitais, SA Portugal give travellers information about special events. Such signs warn of traffic congestion, accidents, incidents, weather and road conditions information, roadwork zones or speed limits on a specific highway segment. They may also ask vehicles to take alternative routes, limit travel speed, warn of duration and location of the incidents or just inform of the traffic conditions.
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Boosting road quality
Ooms India, a subsidiary of a Dutch multinational company with 100 years history, is one of IndiaÂ’s major processor of SBS Polymer Modified Bitumen (PMB), CRMB and Asphalt Reinforcement Interlayer (ARI) including GlasGrid and SAMI. With plants located at Chennai, Mumbai and Kosi (Mathura), OomsÂ’ PMB has been used for construction of international airports of Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi, Formula 1 race Track, Bandra-Worli Sea Link and hundreds of kilometres of roads all over India. OomsÂ’ PMB h
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Expanding horizons
Tata BlueScope Building Products launched Rajasthan’s first and India’s eighth ‘LYSAGHT® Solution Center’. The company appointed Sunrise Engineers as an authorised LYSAGHT Solution Center in Neemrana, Rajasthan.LYSAGHT® Solution Center is an initiative towards the company’s sustained efforts to expand its reach to meet growing customer needs for the LYSAGHT® products across India
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Supporting growth
India has launched the worldÂ’s largest programme of public-private partnerships in road construction. The goal is to build as many as 7,000 km of new trunk roads per year. One of these projects was implemented on National Highway 1. NH-1 is one of the oldest and longest highways in India, running from New Delhi in a north-westerly direÂction, passing through Amritsar and continuing into neighÂbouring Pakistan. Soma Enterprise has been commiÂssioned by the National Highways Authority of India to