To repair roads within three weeks in Ernakulam district in Kerala, which were damaged in the recent heavy rains, the State government has decided to provide Rs 76.15 crore, said the State Works Minister VK Ebrahim Kunju on August 19 in Kochi.
Category: Roads & Highways
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BMC to concretise major roads in Mumbai
The master plan of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to concretise major roads in the city and then lay asphalt on them is under preparation. This will involve road tendering contracts worth Rs 7,000 crore over the next four years. The size of each road contract is likely to be raised to Rs 300 crore from Rs 165 crore so far.
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Old Hazaribag Road in Ranchi to be widened
By announcing a project to widen the Old Hazaribag Road in Ranchi of Jharkhand, the authorities concerned have created a feeling of relief to motorists and pedestrians who have been facing traffic problems on the road. The road stretches from Albert Ekka Chowk to Kokar Chowk in Ranchi.
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Key road in Coimbatore caves-in
In Coimbatore city, a newly constructed underground drainage chamber on Sathyamangalam Road has been caved-in forcing the traffic police to barricade the caved-in portion for safety and to keep off the traffic from plying on it. Complaints are pouring in that the contractor executing the project on behalf of the Coimbatore Corporation is at fault.
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Karnataka to spend more on road maintenance
The Karnataka government has taken note of the bad condition of the roads in the State and assured its Public Works Department (PWD) to provide more funds to repair and maintain them. PWD constructs and maintain majority of roads in the state. Since a long time the State PWD had been facing paucity of funds for road works.
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More tiled roads to Kochi city
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.
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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.