Kochi city in Kerala will have more tiled roads. To solve the issue of damage to roads soon after resurfacing, the Cochin Municipal Corporation authorities have decided to re-lay more city roads in the city by using tiles. The civic body has found that tiled roads in different parts of the city have remained intact even during heavy rains. Hence, the Corporation is planning to resurface other stretches, where there is a high vehicle density, with tiles.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Rain-damaged Nagpur roads to be restored at Rs 100 cr
The Maharashtra government is to restore all the rain battered roads in Nagpur at a cost of Rs 100 crore. Nagpur roads were ravaged by rains that lashed the city since the past month. If needed, more funds would be sanctioned, said the State Employment Guarantee Scheme Minister Nitin Raut.
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Jharkhand to construct 5 bypass roads at Rs 2,000 cr
The Jharkhand government is to spend Rs 2,297 crore for construction of roads in the state. The State Chief Minister Hemant Soren has given his assent to this proposal. With the sum, about 500 km length of five bypass roads will be constructed. The road projects will be funded the Asian Development Bank, say media reports.
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Chennai Corporation to follow new norms for road works
The Corporation of Chennai is to follow the new guidelines stipulated by the Ministry of Surface Road Transport for quality road works in its purview. The Corporation is perturbed by the public complaints that roads in the city were being damaged within a year of relaying them. As per the new guidelines, the Corporation will hold the contractor concerned responsible for the road damages.
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Work stalled on Kondaveedu fort road project
In Guntur district, the project of ghat road to Kondaveedu fort has been abruptly stalled due to squabbles between the State government departments involved with the road project. Media reports say that the State government had allocated 10 acres to the Forest Department as compensation at Akkayapalem in Bollapalli mandal for the five metre wide land spared by it (the Forest Department) on Kondaveedu hill.
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Rain-damage to roads estimated at Rs 59 cr in Idukki
In Kerala's Idukki district, the total losses suffered in the recent rain havoc was estimated at Rs 211.17 crore, in which the losses suffered due to road damage were estimated at Rs 58.75 crore. Two National Highways — Koci Dhanushkody and Kollam- Theni — suffered heavily in the district. Rains also caused damage to agriculture and houses as well. The total agriculture-related loss was estimated at Rs 35.80 crore. This included damage to standing crops and crops destroyed due to the landslips.
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Udupi rural roads to get priority: Minister
The Karnataka government has set aside Rs 10.13 crore for maintenance of rural roads in the district for 2013-14, the Udupi district in-charge Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake has said. Udupi will be developed as a heritage city under the capacity building project of the Union government and tourism will be given more priority.
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Govt. constitutes HPC for road devp
The Nagaland government has formed a High Power Committee (HPC) on August 17 to better the condition of roads in Dimapur district, said the State Roads and Bridges (R&B) Minister Kuzholuzo (Azo) Neinu. The move comes in the wake of concerns expressed by the public over road condition in Dimapur district.
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Govt. constitutes HPC for road devp
The Nagaland government has formed a High Power Committee (HPC) on August 17 to better the condition of roads in Dimapur district, said the State Roads and Bridges (R&B) Minister Kuzholuzo (Azo) Neinu. The move comes in the wake of concerns expressed by the public over road condition in Dimapur district.
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Indian highways bring Rs 9,300 cr toll
Users of national highways in the country have paid Rs 9,283 crore toll in 2012-13 financial year, which is 30 per cent more than the last year figures, said the Union Road Transport Ministry. 74 per cent of the toll sum collected has gone to private road developers like Larsen & Toubro, IL&FS Transportation, Reliance Infrastructure, IRB Infrastructure, Ashoka Buildcon, Sadbhav Engineering, Gammon and HCC, who have got rights to widen the national highways and collect toll.