The Airports Authority of India has set up a cell to execute PPP process to operate and maintain airports at Kolkata, Chennai and other aerodromes as the Union Civil Aviation Ministry fast-tracking privatisation of management of the two major metro airports. The Key Infrastructure Development (KID) cell, which was in existence during the privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, would handle the public-private partnership (PPP) process for Kolkata and Chennai airports, which are currently owne
Category: Roads & Highways
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Gujarat’s 3 toll plazas earn crores more than road cost
The toll booths on Ahmedabad-Mehsana road, Baroda-Halol highway and Vataman-Tarapur road have crores as toll tax, much more than what the roads had cost to build, show the records with the government. After the demolition of Vishala toll plaza, there is demand for scrapping of three more toll tax booths which have collected crores more than the construction cost of the roads. The reply to an RTI application filed by Mukesh Dave has disclosed how much the three toll plazas have collected as toll
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‘Exit norms for road projects can bring in funds, cut debt’
Infrastructure companies have welcomed the GovernmentÂ’s move to bring in flexibility in the roads sector, including revised norms that permit stake sale in projects right after commissioning. The move is expected to accelerate the rate of churn of projects, increase the size of disinvestment, bring about liquidity, aid in debt swap and infuse fresh equity into new projects. R Balarami Reddy, Executive Director, Finance, IVRCL said that the decision will help speed up the process of exits and giv
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Nod to two-laning of Uniara-Gulabpura NH in Rajasthan
For two-laning with paved shoulders (PS) of a key highway in Rajasthan, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval. The project is the two laning of the Uniara-Nainwa-Hindoli-Jahajpur-Shahpura-Gulabpura section of NH-148D in the state under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase IV, on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis. The cost is estimated to be Rs 774.33 crore.
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Maha to engage experts to monitor safety on highways
The Maharashtra Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will engage independent experts or national project monitors who will prepare project reports and also conduct quality checks when the road projects are being implemented, apart from monitoring road safety.
The Ministry, in a memorandum issued last month, said that apart from complaints about poor quality of construction of roads, it has also been receiving complaints from road users about the poor quality of services provided by agencies
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BRO takes up rehabilitation in flood jolted U’khand
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has take up a massive road rehabilitation programme in the entire Uttarakhand area. To put all efforts in correct perspective, it is said that in the entire Uttarakhand as per assessment made, a total of about 13 km length of road at 100 places have been breached. Major slides have occurred at 110 places and nine bridges have either been washed out or damaged. BRO has pressed in to service more than 90 excavators and Bull dozers.
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IDBI Bank raps project developer for delay in KMP e’way
In a rare instance of plainspeak by a banker, IDBI Bank, the lead lender of the Rs 2,000-crore western peripheral expressway, has blamed the developer's lack of commitment for the project being delayed by over four years with no completion in sight. The developer has strongly refuted charges of lack of commitment on its part.
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Rebuilding highways in U’khand may take 3-4 months
In Uttarakhand, it will take at least 3-4 months to rebuild highways damaged by the recent floods. All national and state highways in the Garhwal region have been damaged with road-owing agencies reporting at least 100 stretches impacted by landslides, breaches or submergence. Several bailey bridges and steel girder bridges have also been washed away.
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Action against road contractors for substandard quality
Contractors in Kerala who failed to repair roads, that are damaged before the guarantee period, will be blacklisted, the Kerala government has said. Ports and Fisheries Minister K Babu asked contractors to repair the roads at the earliest. The minister also directed authorities to complete the rehabilitation of people who have suffered losses in the landslide at Kadvoor near Kothamangalam last year.
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NIA probing into discontinuation of road works
In Chhattisgarh, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is looking into reasons for sudden discontinuation of road construction and widening work on the Tongpal-Darbha stretch, the road that passes through Jhiram Ghati, a month before the Congress leaders were ambushed by Maoists. The agency has asked National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to furnish a list of all contractors and workers involved in the construction and widening works on National Highways 30 and 63 for scrutiny.