Work on the much delayed Cuttack-Chandbali State highway expansion project in Odisha is all set to take off. The road project has been funded by the World Bank. The 106-km long and Rs 800 crore worth highway expansion project mooted in 2006 had failed to make a headway due to land acquisition problems.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Budget plans 4 flyovers for Chennai, Rs 750 cr for Metro
Tamil Nadu's Budget tabled in the State Assembly on March 21 featured a number of schemes and allocation on both the plan and non-plan expenditure fronts. The widest ramification seems to be the announcement of a Multi Modal Transport Integration Study to be carried out over the financial year. Other major announcements included identification of four sites based on traffic flow patterns for flyover projects, and the allocation of Rs 1,250 crore towards plan expenditure on urban development sche
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Delhi’s flyover is ready to facilitate signal-free ride
Delhi's signal-free ride is ready for road users. The signal-free ride from Delhi Cantonment to Dwarka and west Delhi areas will be a reality in a couple of days as the South Delhi Municipal Corporation is all set to inaugurate the Pankha Road flyover shortly.
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92 road projects under execution in J&K’s Baderwah
Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Roads and Buildings (R&B) Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo On March 20 told the State Assembly that 92 road projects are presently under execution in Bhalesa and Baderwah blocks as well as the road projects are underway in Charal and Basnoot areas of Badherwah constituency.
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Sadbhav bags Rs 382-cr NHAI order in TN
For widening of an 80-km stretch of NH-210 in Tamil Nadu, Sadbhav Engineering on March 20 stated that it has bagged a Rs 382-crore order from NHAI. The company has been declared the successful bidder in respect of the bid invited by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the Ahmedabad-based firm said in a BSE filing.
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Road Ministry seeks nod for Rs 500 cr small projects
In the fourth phase of the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP), the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry has sought permission to clear projects costing up to Rs 500 crore in an attempt to expedite investments. At present, all road projects are cleared by inter-ministerial committees, which the Ministry says causes delay.
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Mysore residents face inconvenience due to road work
Adichunchanagiri road in Kuvempunagar of Mysore is being widened. Mysore's urban development body, MUDA launched the works a year back. While a part of the road is widened and asphalted, some 70 per cent of the road that is widened is not asphalted though MUDA commissioner's official residence is located on the stretch.
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J&K Minister stresses importance of road connectivity
Jammu and Kashmir Minister for R&B, Abdul Majid Wani has asserted that better road connectivity is pivotal for bringing speedy socio-economic transformation in the state. He described the R&B as a core sector for people that lends support and boosts activities of other departments meant for peopleĂâs welfare and state's overall development.
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Nod to Rs 7,915 cr road projects in UP, Maha, Gujarat, Haryana
The Union government on March 18 approved Rs 7,915 crore road projects in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Haryana under its flagship road building programme National Highways Development Project (NHDP). The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), in its meeting accorded approval to the four projects to be built under phases III, IV and V on Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis.
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T’puram’s roads to be widened, canal to become navigable
The Thiruvananthapuram Development Authority (TRIDA) has stated that major road works, including widening of important link roads will start this financial year itself. The Kerala government's budget has also cleared the proposals concerned in this regard. In addition to completing the renovation of 42 kilometres of city roads, widening works on another 60 kilometres will be undertaken this year, TRIDA Chairman PK Venugopal said.