The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to award up to 4,000 km of roads through EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contracts in 2013-14, largely to overcome the funding issues in the BOT –– build, operate and transfer –– contracts. The authority still has to chart a plan for the BOT segment that generated a meek response from the companies.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Haryana MP discusses about road projects with Delhi CM
To discuss a number of road projects that fall both in Haryana and Delhi states, Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda on April 9 met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit, officials said.
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NHAI’s highway norms not practical, says Kerala
The National Highway Authority of India prescribed norms were the main constraint for highway development, said VK Ebrahim Kunju, Kerala Minister for Public Works. He told this in the State Assembly that the authority had insisted on acquiring equal space on either sides of a stretch to suit road geometrics.
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Proposal to expand Bhopal-Nagpur highway rejected
The Union Environment Ministry has rejected a National Highway Authority of India's (NHAI) proposal seeking expansion of a road connecting Bhopal and Nagpur that cuts through a proposed tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh. The Standing Committee of National Board for Wildlife, chaired by Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, has accepted an expert panel report which said that four-laning of NH-69 within the Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary cannot be permitted currently" as tigers and other wild animal
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Proposal to expand Bhopal-Nagpur highway rejected
The Union Environment Ministry has rejected a National Highway Authority of India's (NHAI) proposal seeking expansion of a road connecting Bhopal and Nagpur that cuts through a proposed tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh. The Standing Committee of National Board for Wildlife, chaired by Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, has accepted an expert panel report which said that four-laning of NH-69 within the Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary cannot be permitted currently" as tigers and other wild animal
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Awake India in J&K demands road connectivity to Mahra
Awake India on April 7 demanded road connectivity to Mahra village of Poonch district. In continuation with the series, a meeting of Awake IndiaÂ’s Mahra Development Forum (AI MDF), took place at Dak Bunglow, Poonch under the chairmanship of Ayaz Mughal. It was the second meeting to discuss the issues related to village Mahra.
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Transstroy completes Bhopal bypass project in MP
Infrastrucutre firm Transtroy India has said that it has commissioned the four-lane Bhopal bypass road which was laid in 21 months at a cost of Rs 304.32 crore. The BOT project was originally estimated to be completed in 24 months.
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Road widening work in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj stayed
Expressing angry over Delhi government for its indiscriminate felling of trees the National Green Tribunal on April 9 ordered an interim stay on a road widening project in South DelhiÂ’s Vasant Kunj till the next hearing on May 29. The tribunal also warned the Delhi government of strong action if further felling of trees took place. The government admitted that the Public Works Department had started felling trees without mandatory permission from the Forest Department.
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Shahdara bridge opening by April 30: Noida Authority
The Noida Authority has announced that the widening of the first of five bridges on Shahdara drain between Film City and Mahamaya Flyover will finally be over by April 30. The project has missed several deadlines in the past. The Authority is working round the clock to ensure that work ends ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's scheduled visit to the Expo Centre in Greater Noida in the first week of May for the annual Asian Development Bank summit.
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Highway projects worth Rs 1,900 cr get poor response
Country-wide highway projects worth over Rs 1,900 crore have found no takers even though these are based on the annuity model under which the concessionaire recovers a fixed amount of the investment from the government each year, a situation that officials say reflects the severe financial crunch in the private sector. The projects, for four-laning 177 km along NH-37 in Assam, are part of the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in the North East approved by the Cabinet earlier this mo