To make travel safer for motorists on Pune-Mumbai Expressway, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is to install Brifen wire ropes at a few accident-prone spots of the 95-km-long expressway. A pilot project for the same expressway was carried out in March this year, along a 2.5 km stretch at Kamshet. It was a success. Now MSRDC plans to use the wire rope along the entire 95-km-long expressway.
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Brifen ropes to be installed on more spots on Pune e’way
To make travel safer for motorists on Pune-Mumbai Expressway, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is to install Brifen wire ropes at a few accident-prone spots of the 95-km-long expressway. A pilot project for the same expressway was carried out in March this year, along a 2.5 km stretch at Kamshet. It was a success. Now MSRDC plans to use the wire rope along the entire 95-km-long expressway.
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Road repairs to be taken up in Jaipur from mid-September
The damaged roads in Jaipur will be repaired by the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) from 15th of next September. JDA is to take up a total length of 2,500 km roads for repair in the city. While the JDA will repair 1,000 km length of roads by itself, repairs on the remaining 1,500 km will be given away to contractors.
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Road repairs to be taken up in Jaipur from mid-September
The damaged roads in Jaipur will be repaired by the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) from 15th of next September. JDA is to take up a total length of 2,500 km roads for repair in the city. While the JDA will repair 1,000 km length of roads by itself, repairs on the remaining 1,500 km will be given away to contractors.
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Mumbai Metro to be commissioned this year
Mumbai likely to have its Metro rail service by this year end, said the project executing company Reliance Infrastructure on August 27. The company added that it is waiting for requisite approvals. The firm is planning expansion of the metro line. Once it started, the Mumbai Metro rail can accommodate seven lakh passengers a day.
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Delhi govt to set up infra facilities
Delhi government would set up civic amenities like hospitals and schools in over 1,600 unauthorised colonies, where it plans to ease development guidelines. The necessary infrastructure facilities to all the 1,639 unauthorised colonies would be provided by the state gov
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Economic growth may recover later in FY14: RBI
In its Annual Report 2012-13, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said the economic growth may recover later in 2013-14 if government delivers better administration, eases supply constraints and maintain stability. Economic growth in the country slipped to a decade-low level of 5 percent in 2012-13 and this year the RBI expects growth to be
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Polavaram dam is for irrigation of Rabi, perennial crops as well
As per the information furnished by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, some Telengana leaders have represented the case related with alternative design of Polavaram Project. The proposal submitted by T. Hanumanth Rao, former Engineer-in-Chief, Andhra Pradesh and UN Consultant was examined by the State Government and found not feasible both technically and economically.
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Gail India talks to Qatar to buy 3 mn tonne LNG
To secure 3 million tonnes of LNG at a price lower than the offered $14 per unit, Indian government-owned natural gas processing and distribution company Gail India is negotiating with gas-rich Qatar. Gail India is offering to help Qatar Petroleum to buy 5 per cent equity in Petronet LNG. Gail India wants a price of $12.5 per unit for LNG.
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Power sector to get additional gas till 2015-16
The Union Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia stated that from 2013-14 until 2015-16, all additional gas would be given to the power sector. The gas offered to fertiliser needs to be supplied, beyond that any additional gas would be given to power sector, Scindia said. An empowered group of ministers (EGoM) headed by Defence Minister AK Antony decided this on August 24.