In Chennai, completion of the Thirumangalam flyover is further delayed. It was to be opened by April, but now it has a new deadline for completion — September. Work was delayed by land acquisition and lack of cooperation between government agencies. The flyover on Inner Ring Road will go over the junction of Anna Nagar 2nd Avenue and Mogappair Road, and will speed up travel for commuters from Koyambedu, Ambattur, Red Hills and Avadi.
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Construction of bridges starts on Manali-Leh road
Maintenance of the Manali-Leh border road is important from the defence point of view and it will be complete up to Sarchu till 2018. He added that BRO had been making this border road, a double-laned road as well as had been carrying out the metalling of the road for the past several years.
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Surat corporation wants govt to clear TP schemes
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) requested the state government to clear all its town planning (TP) schemes in a time-bound manner to enable planned development of the city. There are 128 TP schemes for the city of Surat that are on different stages of implementations. Of these, only 28 received the final approval so far and 30 are on preliminary stage. Further, 60 are on sanctioned draft TP scheme stage, 7 on draft submitted to government stage and
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Ports, not TAMP, will be in charge of setting their own tariffs
Regulatory and clearance delays may be necessary evils in infrastructure projects, especially those under PPP. But as N Muruganandam, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Shipping, elaborates, the government's ambitious plans of port infrastructure development
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Experts want ministry to make PPP contract attractive
Experts want shipping ministry to make the public private partnership (PPP) contracts attractive to promote private investment in port sector. Industry watchers want the ministry to grant flexibility to port operators to build capacity gradually, depending upon the growth in cargo rather than in one go at the beginning of the contract period, irrespective of volume
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Indian firm Titagarh to build portable bridges in B’desh
Titagarh Wagons is keen to build portable steel bridges in Bangladesh. The company is IndiaÂ’s leading private railway wagon manufacturing company. It has recently submitted an expression of interest to the Board of Investment (BOI) of Bangladesh in this regard. Sources in BOI said that they received the proposal of Titagarh early last week.
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Truck terminus on Mumbai-Pune e’way to cut mishaps
A truck terminus on the busy Mumbai–Pune Expressway is to come up to provide some rest to the tired drivers. The terminus is being planned by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC). Transport experts and the State highway police have been demanding a truck terminus along the expressway for a long time, saying it will reduce the number of accidents on the highway.
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Aluva-Edapally stretch h’way in Kochi to be widened
The Aluva-Edappally stretch of National Highway 47 in Kochi is to be widened into four-lane one to facilitate traffic during the metro rail works. The Kochi Metro Rail authorities already taken initiative for this. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has given its consent for the widening of the stretch. The National Highway will be widened by evacuating encroachments on either side but without acquiring additional land.
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Assam to get 3000-km new roads
Media reports say that the Union Cabinet on July 3 approved a proposal by the Rural Development Ministry to relax norms for Assam so that 1,877 unconnected habitats can get road connectivity under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). These habitats, having population ranging between 250 and 499, will now be connected new roads covering a length of 3,140 km.
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Karnataka to float fresh bids for BDA layout road works
The Karnataka on July 4 submitted before the High Court that fresh tenders would be called for execution of road works in the controversial Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout, near Kengeri, and that it would revoke the previous tenders. The Government Counsel R DevÂdas, in his submission before the High Court, which was hearing a petition regarding controversial financial tender/bids for executing the road works, said fresh tenders would be called shortly to award the works afresh.