Container volume at major ports in India tumbled 4.5 per cent year-over-year in the first half of fiscal year 2013-14, but total cargo throughput was up 2.3 per cent, according to preliminary figures released by the Indian Ports Association (IPA).
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Expressway to be completed 6 months early: NEC
Work on the Loknayak Ganga Path or Digha-Deedarganj high-speed corridor in Patna will begin within two months and finish the same within three-and-a-half years, six months before the deadline, said the Navayuga Engineering Company (NEC) that has bagged the expressway contract. The contract amount is Rs 1,777.73 crore.
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Rs 8,500 cr road projects to start in TN next year
For implementing the World Bank backed Rs 8,583-crore road infrastructure project, the State government has allocated Rs 65 crore to prepare a detailed project report (DPR). The State Principal Secretary of Highways and Minor Ports Rajeev Ranjan said that the DPR was still being prepared for the 1,678-km road development project across the State under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode.
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Temporary bridge for Dimapur area in Nagaland
Nagaland's Public Works Department Dimapur Division has provided a temporary bridge between Darogajan and Purana Bazar in Dimapur area. The officials concerned said the concrete bridge there was collapsed on last September 10 following heavy floods.
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Kannur to seek funds from PWD for road works
Facing shortage of funds for road works, the Kannur municipal body is to seek funds from the Kerala Public Works Department. The municipal body wants to take up Rs 28 crore pipe-laying work which is expected to take six months. After the pipeline work, the road repair would cost around Rs 26 crore. But the municipality has no fund to repair the roads.
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Road work delayed on TB Road in Kottayam
In Kottayam, the slow progress of work on a stretch of TB road is becoming a major public inconvenience. The work which started on last April 6 is moving at a snail's pace. The most worrying factor for the public is the speeding KSRTC buses which are now redirected through this road, which is under construction.
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Work on Dr Bhapkar road in Aurangabad to be completed by Dec
Concreting a stretch of the road between Aurangabad railway station and Kranti Chowk in Aurangabad would be completed by the end of December, said Aurangabad civic authorities on October 14.
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Whitefield residents supervised road work in Blore
In Bangalore, members of the Bruhat Whitefield Residential Community Association (BWRCA) came out and supervised the road work on the State Highway 35 from Kadugodi to Hosakote. The members supervised the quality of the road work being done by the Bengaluru Bruhat Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
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Work incomplete on Suranjandas Road in Blore
In Bangalore, the state of Suranjandas Road is in a pathetic condition. The road connects two main roads-Old Airport Road and Old Madras Road. Due to the potholes, deep pits dug up on either side of the 4-km stretch, vehicle users are avoiding to use the road.
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Survey conducted for road works in Pune
In Pune's Dattawadi area students of BN College of Architecture and other NGOs conducted a survey recently and asked the residents about their particular needs with regard to the city roads. The survey was part of the pilot survey for sustainable road design for the city.