The National Transport Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC) has stated that unscientific construction of the road at Thelekkad in Tamil Nadu led to the killing of 14 persons in a road accident on September 7. NATPAC team visited the accident sport on September 9. The team spoke to the local people to collect the details about the accident and inspected the technical details of road construction.
Category: Roads & Highways
Post
Post
Plea for restoration of Chouzuba-Phek road
In Nagaland, the District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) Phek has requested the government authority concerned to clear landslide on Chouzuba-Phek road and restore the road for traffic immediately.
Post
Nashik civic body invites Rs 10.7 cr bids for road works
For various road works in Nashik city, such as tarring, resurfacing, macadamization, etc, the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has invited bids worth Rs 10.7 crore. The tenders include around 28 various road works in various parts of the city. The road contracts are to be done through private contractors and the last date for filing the bids is next October 3.
Post
GHMC proposes Rs 870 cr road works, civic projects
In Hyderabad, Rs 870 crore civic projects have been proposed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). GHMC had bagged the projects under the phase-I (2005-2012) of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The State-level committee on JNNURM works cleared the proposals for these projects recently and the project proposals would be sending to the Union Ministry for Urban Development soon.
Post
Delhi-Gurgaon e’way developer collects Rs 893 cr toll
The Delhi Gurgaon Super Connectivity Ltd (DGSCL), the company operating the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway, has collected nearly Rs 900 crore from motorists. According to official figures submitted by the DGSCL, between February 2008 and July 2013, it collected only Rs 893 crore and NHAI got another Rs 77.5 crore as its share. NHAI officials, however, doubt the toll collection figure saying that the hand held devices used to collect toll at recently installed split plazas have not been integrated.
Post
Widened Salem-Ulunderpet road cuts travel time by half
Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) has complted widening of Salem-Ulundurpet road in Tamil Nadu and the company has begun collection of toll on the road.
Commuters can now travel on the 136 km stretch in less than two hours, which used to take over four hours earlier, Rinfra said.
Post
Centre simplifies clearance for highways expansion
The clearance process for highways expansion has been simplified by the Union Environment Ministry. The simplification comes following intense pressure to speed up the process to aid infrastructure development including setting up townships and area-development projects. A notification to this effect was issued by the Ministry recently.
Post
Govt may amend toll policy soon
The Union government is likely to take a decision on the practice of toll collection by road developers in the country. The Highways Ministry has suggested to the Union Cabinet to end the toll collection by road developers once the road project of the particular developer comes to an end. The idea is to ensure that developers expedite projects' completion rather than delay construction and keep on collecting toll.
Post
Govt may amend toll policy soon
The Union government is likely to take a decision on the practice of toll collection by road developers in the country. The Highways Ministry has suggested to the Union Cabinet to end the toll collection by road developers once the road project of the particular developer comes to an end. The idea is to ensure that developers expedite projects' completion rather than delay construction and keep on collecting toll.
Post
AP govt gives nod to Rs 200 cr road tunnel project
A road tunnel of 1.6 km length is to be built under the Simhachalam hills in coastal Andhra Pradesh at a cost of Rs 200 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) Plus scheme. The tunnel would reduce traffic on NH-16 and cut a 10 km distance to 5 km from the existing 15 km between Visakhapatnam and Simhachalam temple. Varaha Lakshminarasimha Swamy is the presiding deity of the famous temple.