In Manipur, villagers of Taosang at Nungba Sub-Division under Tamenglong district have urged the State Public Works Department (PWD) to construct road and complete the bridge construction soon. Taosang Village Authority said in a press release that joint venture agreement between NHPC, India and State Govt was made for the construction of the Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Power Project (LDHEP), NHPC at Taosang village.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Mumbai’s 3 central railway stations to get ROBs
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) got the green light from the Railways to build road overbridges (ROBs) at three central railway stations in Mumbai. This will help streamline traffic flow in the busy pockets of the suburbs. An officer of the BMC's Bridges Department said on June 28 that the railways has said that it would cooperate with the BMC to construct three bridges at Vidyavihar, Vikhroli and Nahur railway stations.
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Gurgaon residents complain against Huda over bad roads
Residents of Gurgaon on June 28 wrote a letter to the Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to draw his attention towards the bad shape of the approach roads to Sector 21. They urged him to intervene in the matter and arrange for better upkeep of the roads.
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Chennai’s Kaliamman Koil Street to be widened soon
The Virugambakkam ResidentsĂâ Welfare Association submitted a petition to the Chennai Corporation Mayor Saidai Samiyappan Duraisamy to facilitate the road widening work on Kaliamman Koil Street, Virugambakkam, at the earliest, at a public consultation meeting. As per the Development Rights Certificate, an additional Floor Space Index (FSI) will be allocated.
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Narrow stretches on NH-49 in Kerala to be widened
In Kerala, officials concerned have proposed to take immediate measures to repair roads along the national highways in Kerala. A proposal to widen the narrow road along the Munnar-Devikulam-Poopara-Bodimedu on NH-49 will be submitted to SS Nahar, chief engineer, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. SS Nahar was in Kerala on a two-day inspection spree and checked the Munnar stretch on June 29 morning.
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UP cabinet clears phase I of metro rail project
At a cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, the Uttar Pradesh government decided to begin work on the first phase of the Lucknow metro rail project on North-South corridor. The project would be implemented on the lines of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). The state government formed the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) to oversee the construction work and finali
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Govt mulls Rs1.5 bn infra projects in six months
Across various sectors including ports, airport and power & transmission, railways, the central government plans to implement Rs 150,000 crore worth projects in the next six months. After taking approvals from the Cabinet, the government plans to award these infrastructure projects in the next six months, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said
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KIOCL wants govt to clear mining lease applications
Malay Chatterjee, Chairman and Managing Director of KIOCL informed media persons that the Karnataka government was yet to provide clearance for the firm's over 20 applications for mining lease. For more than seven years, the Karnataka-based central public sector mining firm has been out of job with out any captive mines
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Govt to set up coal regulatory authority fund
The central government would set up a fund called ĂâThe Coal Regulatory Authority FundĂâ to credit all grants, fee and charges received by the authority. After passing of the Coal Regulatory Authority Bill, 2013, details would be worked out and submitted to the government for appropriate financial sanction for the initial start-up funding, a government press release said. The government said this in a press release after the cabinet cleared the proposal for setting up of an independent regulatory
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Govt subsidy burden may rise due to gas price hike
Even as the union cabinet decided to double the price of domestically produced natural gas to $8.4 per mmbtu from the present $4.2 mmbtu, experts are debating the pros and cons of such a move. Some experts feel that the the move would raise the subsidy burden of the central government. Some reports indicate that the centre's annual subsidy bill will rise by at leas