A study conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) shows Gujarat has 12 completed public private partnership (PPP) projects worth over Rs 12,400 crore in the port sector as of April 30, 2013. In terms of value, this is around 50 percent of all the PPP projects completed across the country in the port sector as of the above date. Across the country, 31 P
Category: Roads & Highways
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NHAI to be asked to pace up work on elevated road to BIA
The Karnataka government is to bring pressure on the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to complete the signal free elevated road to Bangalore International Airport (BIA) at the earliest. Members in the State Legislature on June 11 raised a hue and cry over the inordinate delay in completing the elevated stretch on the 22-kilometre BIA Road.
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Road developers see polls to slow NHAI targets
Coming elections in the country are going to cause delay in road works. Road developers are set to see challenging business environment as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which missed project award targets in the last year by a huge margin, may not meet them.
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Govt to adopt EPC mode for unviable national highways
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to adopt the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode for National Highways which are not viable on PPP basis. The 12th Five Year Plan envisages construction of 20,000 km of 2-lane National Highways projects through EPC mode.
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SC stays HC order asking NHAI to take up h’way project
The Supreme Court on June 12 stayed an order of Punjab and Haryana High Court that had asked the NHAI to take over the 291 Km Panipat-Jalandhar highway project from the project concessionaire Soma Isolux NH One Tollway Private Limited as it failed to complete the project by 2012. A bench of justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Madan B Lokur also issued notices to the Centre, Haryana and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on the plea of the project concessionaire and fixed the matter for heari
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Collector for action against illegal constructions in Pune
Pune District Collector Vikas Deshmukh on June 10 asked the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and the sub-divisional magistrate to file cases under the NHAI Act and Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act (MRTP) against those responsible for the illegal constructions on the four-kilometer stretch near Katraj tunnel on Pune-Satara road, where a mother and daughter were swept away in gushing rainwater on June 6.
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Reopening of smelter hits roadblock
While Sterlite Industries is in the process of reopening its copper smelter in Tamil Nadu following the verdict of National Green Tribunal (NGT), some reports indicate that a local authority appealed against the judgement in the Supreme Court. The tribunal allowed the firm to reopen the smelter under the monitoring of a court-appointed panel. The smelter, which produces more than half of India's total refined copper, remained shut for around two
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NHAI says 70% land available for NH31D four-laning
The data by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) shows that nearly 70 per cent of the land required for four-laning NH31D is already available, but because of land problems, 327 hectares has not been acquired yet. NHAI has given the data to the Union Ministry of Economic Affairs for action. The total land required to make the highway four-lane is 1,072 hectares (2,648 acres), NHAI said.
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Plea to complete repairs on Zelengbung-Sinakeithei road
Sagolmang Naga Students' Association (SANSA) in Manipur has appealed for finishing the development and renovation work on Zelengbung-Sinakeithei road stretch at the earliest possible. SANSA explained about the problems being faced by commuters on the stretch. In a statement, Z Reithingam, president, SANSA informed that during an inspection visit, volunteers of the Association found that black topping from Zelenbung and Sinakeithei included in the work programme of 2010-11 under SPA is yet to be
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Centre sanctions funds for Arunachal highway
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has sanctioned Rs 130.74 crore as compensation to be paid to tribal land owners for acquiring land for construction of a trans-Arunachal highway from Nechiphu in the state's West Kameng district to Hoj in East Kameng district. In a letter written to Member of Parliament for Arunachal Pradesh, Takam Sanjoy, Vijay Chhibber, Secretary, Road Transport and Highways Ministry, confirmed receipt of Sanjoy's letter of March 20, 2013, requesting the expedi