The collapsed bridge on the Pasimuthan canal in Thillainayagapuram village near Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu has not yet been reconstructed, even after 13 years of the bridge collapse. When the rainy season arrives villagers of North Thillainayagapuram are virtually cut off from rest of the world as they don't have any alternative bridge to cross the canal.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Improper repairs to Varanasi roads
The authorities concerned in Varanasi have taken up repairs to the city roads at last. But the contractors are not using the binding material in their works, but simply filling the potholes with boulders. With this, the condition of the city roads is deteriorating further and troubling the motorists and commuters.
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Pothole-filled Chennai suburban roads need repairs
As per media reports, most parts of the fast-growing Chennai suburban areas roads have developed potholes and citizens in the areas are being troubled a lot as the authorities concerned are not taking timely repairs to the roads. Residents say that the entire 14 km stretch of the Urapakkam GST road, leading to Vandalur and Kelambakkam roads, are filled with potholes, leading to frequent accidents.
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SREI to acquire road, power projects
Media reports indicate that SREI Infrastructure Finance may spruce up its portfolio of road and power projects through acquisition. It is learnt that the firm is eyeing road and power projects, the promoters of which have already undergone a credit restructuring or they are ready
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Land acquisition law: no pain no gain
Speculations are rife that land prices would shoot up 20 to 40 per cent as a result of the new Bill, depending on whom you ask. There are a thousand things that can be wrong about the new Act. But there are as many rights. Let's be fair: the new land acquisition Act-renamed to include the social justice that it sets out to ensure-is at once pain and gain.
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Focusing on land owner
The lease provision in the new Bill and assessing local stakeholders will go a long way in making land acquisition smoother, Saji Gopinath says. Considering the escalation of cost of entire project happening due to this delay in acquisition and ensuing costly legal procedures
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Is PPP overrated?
The industry may be disappointed with the Food Security and Land Acquisition Bills, seeing them as a step back into the era of subsidies and socialism. In many ways-lets's face it, so would be protectionism of domestic businesses against the onslaught of Chinese power equipment manufacturers.
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Quick fix
A closed group discussion recently conducted by ASAPP Media in New Delhi focused on speedy solutions to give India Inc's $1 trillion infrastructure programme a big push. Shrikant Rao, who also moderated the discussion, reports.
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The new bill in its current form is seriously flawed in some ways
Land acquisition is the single most important reason for Mumbai's much-awaited, dispute-ridden metro rail to be repeatedly postponed and for the cancellation of its second line. Sumit Banerjee, CEO-Infrastructure, Reliance Infrastructure and Vice Chairman at Reliance Cement, explains to Shashidhar Nanjundaiah whether the current Land Acquisition Bill could have helped.
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EPC in roads Whats wrong with EPC?
If you thought only BOT projects were in trouble, think again. The faltering roads sector is increasingly dependent on sentiment, and this dependence is clear from the recent negativity that has crept even into EPC. Bringing back investor sentiment should now be supreme.