The government has taken initiative to use coconut fibre or coir in the road construction activity. The National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA) has approved Central Coir Research Institute (CCRI) as a nodal institute for application of coir geotextiles in construction of rural roads.
Category: Roads & Highways
Post
Post
Kochi’s AL Jacob flyover opens to public
In Kochi, the new Railway Over Bridge constructed by the DMRC near the KSRTC bus station was finally named ‘AL Jacob’ flyover during its inaugural function. However, Kerala Chief minister Oommen Chandy said the feeder Road from Kadavantra to the RoB would continue to be known as ‘Salim-Rajan’ Road. A row over the naming of the RoB had broken out with the kin of the late Salim and Rajan, two class 1X students, brutally murdered by a local goon 43 years ago at the present RoB site, objected to nam
Post
Govt clears land pooling policy for Delhi
The government approved the modification regarding Land Pooling Policy in Master Plan Delhi 2021 (MPD-2021). This information was given by the Minister of State for Urban Development Deepa Dasmunsi in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha recently
Post
Govt almost completes golden quadrilateral project
Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana informed Lok Sabha that the entire length of Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) has been completed, except 110 metre. The North - South and East - West Corridor has also been completed, except 636 km under implementation and 372 km to be
Post
NHAI, IL&FS ink deal on Rs 16.6 bn road project
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) signed concession agreement with IL&FS Transportation for a Rs 1,665 crore road project in Jharkhand and West Bengal. The contract involves six-laning of Barwa-Adda-Panagarh section of national highway (NH 2) and it would be executed by Barwa-Adda Expressway, a subsidiary of IL&FS Transportation
Post
Toll plaza on Delhi-Gurgaon highway may be removed
The toll plaza between Delhi and Gurgaon on the national highway is likely to be removed. The toll plaza has become contentious as users had to wait for long, resulting in traffic block. This also led to an intervention by the Punjab High Court last year. This was one of the options discussed in a meeting held between Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the Union Road Transport Minister CP Joshi in Delhi recently.
Post
Govt may revamp MCA for road projects
Unconfirmed reports indicate that the government would revamp the model concession agreements (MCAs) for public private partnership (PPP) projects in the highway sector. It may be noted that the existing MCAs have outlived their utility and there are no provisions for addressing emerging problems in many such projects. The
Post
IL&FS ties-up with NHAI for Rs 1,665 cr project in 2 states
Infrastructure firm IL&FS Transportation on May 9 said it has signed a pact with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for Rs 1,665 crore road project in Jharkhand and West Bengal. The company said that the concession agreement for six-laning of Barwa-Adda-Panagarh section of NH 2 was signed between NHAI and Barwa-Adda Expressway, a subsidiary of the company incluidng Panagarh bypass.
Post
Port projects fail to attract pvt investment
Reports suggest that the union government is facing difficulty in attracting private investment in port projects. It is learnt that projects in Visakhapatnam, Chennai and Tuticorin Port Trusts have not seen a single bid coming in from the private sector in the last
Post
ILFS arm signs pact with NHAI
According to a filing with the stock exchange, IL&FS Transportation Networks signed a Concession Agreement with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for four laning of Khed - Sinnar Section of NH-50 under Phase IV B in Maharashtra. The firm would execute the project on DBF