Cement concrete roads can perform better than bituminous stretches, the New Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Oscar Fernandes has said. He has set the agenda of constructing 'maintenance free highways' and a mechanism for quick fix of potholes and damages of road stretches. The Minister has asked his officials and engineers to come out with proposals for this.
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Govt wants to build maintenance-free highways
Cement concrete roads can perform better than bituminous stretches, the New Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Oscar Fernandes has said. He has set the agenda of constructing 'maintenance free highways' and a mechanism for quick fix of potholes and damages of road stretches. The Minister has asked his officials and engineers to come out with proposals for this.
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Kochi’s Banerjee Road widening progresses well
In Kochi, the widening work on one side of the Banerjee Road, a major preparatory work for Kochi Metro Rail, is expected to be completed by July-end. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials said the widening work on the stretch between St AntonyĆās School at Kacheripaddy to Madhava Pharmacy is gaining momentum. The widening work between Town Hall and Kacheripaddy will commence soon.
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National Highway works to be taken up on EPC mode
For time-bound and faster completion of National Highway (NH) projects in Kerala, all works including improvement, development, and maintenance of roads and bridges on NH stretches passing through the State, will be taken up in the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) mode. The decision to adopt the EPC mode instead of the item rate contracts comes in the wake of the latest guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Road Transports and Highways (MRTH), say sources.
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Tenders to be called soon for Rs 250 cr flyover in Kolkata
The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is preparing to float tenders for the proposed 7.4 km flyover from Batanagar to Jinjirabazar on Budge Budge Trunk Road in the city. The project has been stuck for years. Now the Centre has finally cleared the projeect, the State Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim, who is also the KMDA Chairman, said.
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Goa’s Cavelossim locals demand 8 m wide bypass road
In Goa's Cavelossim village, the gram sabha unanimously adopted a resolution that the width of the proposed bypass road from near the under-construction Assolna-Cavelossim bridge to Xirro, Carmona, should not be more that 8 m, instead of 30 m that the villagers claimed to have been planned. Gram sabha members pointed out that the 30 m wide road would result in the village losing its rural character and insisted that the width of the road should be restricted to a maximum of 8 m.
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Hyderabad’s SCB road to be widened
In Hyderabad, the Army has given its green signal for widening of roads in SCB area by agreeing to give away its land to the road works. Earlier, the Army was blamed for blocking development in SCB. But Andhra Sub-Area General Officer Commanding Major General Cyrus Addie Pithawala differs and says the Army is pro-development. He has been proved correct. The Army, which had refused to part with the land under its control, has finally agreed for widening of roads nearly eight years after the proj
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Odisha has 2nd largest share in completed PPP projects
As on April 30, 2013, Odisha had about 17 per cent share, in value terms, among all the completed public-private partnership (PPP) port projects across the country. This is the second highest share, after Gujarat, in the completed port projects across the country. Odisha had two completed port projects worth over Rs 4,100 crore under PPP as on April 30, 2013, a report from Assocham show
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CM inaugurates Mumbai’s Eastern Freeway’s 1st phase
First phase of the Eastern Freeway of Mumbai city was inaugurated by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on June 13. It is the city's most-ambitious elevated road project. The cost for the first phase of the Eastern Freeway is stated to be at Rs 847-crore. More than 35,000 motorists will now be able to use the 14 km, elevated road from Orange Gate near CST station to Chembur in the Eastern suburb.
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IL&FS arm signs pact for highway projects
In a communication to the stock exchange, IL&FS Transportation Networks said it signed Concession Agreements with the concerned authorities for the following projects: (i) Kiratpur Ner Chowk section of NH 21 of 90.175 km in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. (ii) Beawar Gomti section of NH 8 of 88 km of the total 116 km (capacity augmentation) in Rajasthan. (iii) Sikar Bikaner section of NH 11 of 237.57 km in the Rajasthan