Two main roads-Bannerghatta road and Goods Shed Road in Bangalore are going to be widened. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has taken up work on the two roads on a priority basis and has hastened land acquisition process for the purpose.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Centre okays Rs 1,756 cr worth h’way project in Gujarat
In Gujarat, Rs 1,756 crore worth 209.89 km Gadu-Dwarka section of National Highway-8E road project has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). The project is to upgrade the highway into four/two laning under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase IV.
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Nagpur Mayor insists for road repairs before Diwali
Nagpur Mayor Anil Sole has taken the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) officials to a task at a review meeting and threatened them that he would complete road repair works with the help of citizens if the officials fail to complete the job at the earliest.
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Rajasthan to form squads to check road works
In Rajasthan, the State Public Works Department (PWD) has decided to form flying squads to inspect the quality of road works in the state. A total of 10 flying squads will be formed. These teams will check to conform the roads made as per the norms laid down for quality control.
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Rescheduling for road projects cleared
The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has cleared premium rescheduling of road projects (means, postponement of premium payments by highway developers) and referred the matter to a panel for fine-tuning. The move could help infrastructure majors such as GMR and GVK whose projects were facing delays on account of high premium.
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ACC launches concrete for road repairs
A ready-to-use, fast-setting concrete has been made by ACC Concrete company for repairing bitumen and concrete roads to get them ready for traffic within a day of repair. Anil Banchhor, Chief Executive-Concrete Business, ACC said roads repaired with Ultra Thin White Topping can be opened for traffic within 24 hours.
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Work to begin on hill highway in Kasargod at Rs 5 cr
In Kerala's Kasargod district, construction on a hill highway will begin this year with Rs 5 crore. The road project is to connect Thiruvananthapuram from Nandarapadavu in the northern tip and pass through Perla, Badiadukka, Mullaria, and Chalingal.
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Govt plans easing FDI rules for construction sector
To relax conditions on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the construction development sector of the country, the Union Department of Industrial Policy and promotion (DIPP) has moved a Cabinet note. The move is to bring foreign money into Indian real estate sector that is facing fiscal problems.
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Govt to invite Rs 20,000 cr bids for power projects
The Union government is to call global bids in the next two months for a dozen inter-state power transmission projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore. The government's initiative is to connect power generation projects in Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu states.
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Govt to promote coastal shipping for cargo
To attract manufacturers and transporters to the coastal shipping mode of transport from road and rail movement of their goods, the Union Ministry of Shipping is planning to offer them certain incentives. Currently, in India, over 60 per cent of the domestic cargo is moved by road and 30 per cent by rail, with coastal shipping accounting for only about 8 per cent.