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.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Panaji Mayor asks for bridge details from GSIDC
Mayor of Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) Surendra Furtado has written to the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) demanding details of the proposed bridge between Panaji and Betim. In a letter to GSIDC Managing Director Sanjit Rodrigues, Furtado has sought all details including traffic plans if any worked out since the ferry wharf area is very crowded.
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Antony asks BRO to pace up roads along border areas
The Defence Minister AK Antony has asked the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to look at other public sector companies and even private companies to expedite road construction along the frontier with China. Roads needed by security forces along border with China have been delayed by five to seven years. The BRO, a body under the Ministry of Defence, is tasked with laying down roads in the Himalayas, especially those needed for strategic purposes.
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Govt to up compensation to pace up ring road project
The Rajasthan government is to resolve the long-pending issue of the 47-km Ring Road project to connect Ajmer, Tonk and Agra. The State government is likely to increase the compensation to farmers for their land acquired for the road project.
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World Bank funded double-lane highway in Mizoram soon
In Mizoram, a major road construction project, that is financed by the World Bank, is to be started soon. PWD Engineer-in-Chief Lianchungnunga said that the double-lane highway to link Mamit, Lunglei and Lawngtlai district with Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project in the western part of Mizoram has been approved by the Centre and the total length of the road to be constructed with about Rs 2,000 crore World Bank Project II is 350 kilometers.
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NHAI may outsource toll collection as builders want early exit
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is considering changes in certain contract formats for building national highways. Under the new format, toll collection could be the responsibility of a separate contractor and not the road builder. Such a step was necessitated after several private contractors found toll collection was not a viable proposition for such projects.
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Work to begin on Vadapalani flyover in Chennai
The Tamil Nadu Highways Department is to commence work on a flyover on Jawaharlal Nehru Salai in Chennai. The Rs 69.4-crore facility will come up over the Vadapalani junction and the central portion will be integrated with the Metro Rail station, which will be the highest elevated station. A separate bay will be constructed inside the station so that MTC buses can drop and pick up passengers.
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APSRTC to collect toll fee from its passengers
The Andhra Pradesh government has permitted its Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) to enhance the toll plaza user fee being collected from bus passengers on national highways with immediate effect. The Corporation will now collect Rs 4 from passengers of Pallevelugu and Express buses; Rs 5 from Deluxe and Super Luxury, Indra and Garuda buses; and Rs 6 from Garuda Plus (Multi Axle) and Vennela passengers with immediate effect, it is learnt.
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Three bridges opened to public in Srinagar
The Jammu and Kashmir government on May 29 threw open three bridges constructed to smoothen traffic mobility in Srinagar. The State Minister for Roads and Buildings Abdul Majid Wani dedicated the bridges to people of the Valley on the national highway bypass connecting Pantha-Chowk with Baramulla national highway, incurring a cumulative amount of Rs 26.75 crore.
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NHAI’s plea to govt for recast of premium payment
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), IndiaÂ’s nodal road development agency, has warned that almost Rs 98,000 crore of premium revenue from highway builders is in jeopardy after its proposal to reschedule the premium payments due from road developers was turned down by the Union Law Ministry.