In Mizoram, a major road construction project that is financed by the World Bank is to be started soon.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Tunnel construction project
There has been a long delay in the tunnel construction for the proposed underground metro line from close to Mandi House to ITO in Delhi.
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Nashik to get 3 river bridges to ease its traffic
The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) will construct three new bridges on the Godavari river, for decongestion of traffic on roads in Nashik. The bridges will connect the two river banks. As per the Kumbh mela plan of the NMC,
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ICCT Vallarpadam to get highway connectivity
It will take one more year to provide highway connectivity to International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICCT) Vallarpadam in Kochi, which is expected to give a major boost to the country's trade.
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AP projects face roadblock
The proposed major port project at Dugarajapatnam of Vakadumandal in Andhra Pradesh may not take off because of complications in the identified site.
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Absence of safety measures lead to killing of pillion rider
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on May 27 admitted that no safety measures were planned at the Indiranagar underpass of Nashik, where a 22-year-old was killed on May 25. Pankaj Shinde of Yashaswi apartment, Tornanagar, was killed when the motorcycle he was riding pillion was knocked down by an unidentified vehicle at the recently constructed Indiranagar underpass beneath the city's iconic 5.6-km flyover on the Mumbai-Agra highway during the wee hours of Saturday.
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Chennai’s GST Road poses danger to pedestrians
Gaping holes to the stormwater drain on the Grand Southern Trunk Road in Guindy, Chennai. have been posing a lethal threat to the lives of passersby and commuters. To avoid the holes, pedestrians walk on the carriageway of GST Road, exposing them to the risk of being hit by speeding vehicles.
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Work starts on flyover in Lucknow near ex-CM’s house
Work has started on a flyover at Mall Avenue, which had raised the hackles of BSP supremo Mayawati as it would pass near her residence and party office. The flyover, to be constructed by Uttar Pradesh Bridges Corporation at an estimated cost of Rs 40 crore, would be 15 m wide, 650 m long and would be completed in 15 months, official sources said. The State government had proposed to construct the flyover in its annual budget.
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Railway overbridge ready at Payyannur in Kannur
In Kerala's Kannur region, the railway overbridge at Kotti, near Payyannur, has finally become a reality, and the State Chief Minister OommenChandy will open it for traffic shortly. Though the works of a major part of the bridge as well as the approach roads were completed in time, in March 2012, the commissioning of the bridge got delayed because of the delay in the work of the span over the railway lines, as they were waiting for the clearance from the Railway Safety Commission to get the work
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J-K to seek Rs 582-cr from Centre for roads and buildings
For its roads and buildings sector, Jammu and Kashmir government would seek Rs 568.92 crore from the Centre towards completion of several ongoing projects. The decision to apply for central aid under the State Plan Assistance (SPA) scheme was taken at a high-level meeting in Srinagar on May 29. The meeting was chaired by the State Roads and Buildings Minister Abdul Majid Wani.