In Gujarat, construction of the Modasa-Malpur road was stalled for a prolonged time on March 1 after local residents near the Malpur road by-pass protested against the poor quality bitumen used in the construction. The road is being constructed by the State Roads and Buildings Department. Protesting residents had called an immediate stop of the construction work when the first layer of material prepared for the road eroded causing many motorists to slip.
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Residents of Modasa in Gujarat stall shoddy road work
In Gujarat, construction of the Modasa-Malpur road was stalled for a prolonged time on March 1 after local residents near the Malpur road by-pass protested against the poor quality bitumen used in the construction. The road is being constructed by the State Roads and Buildings Department. Protesting residents had called an immediate stop of the construction work when the first layer of material prepared for the road eroded causing many motorists to slip.
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Arunachal’s Sekong village gets road under PMGSY
In Arunachal pradesh, Sekong, a remote village under Lada circle in East Kameng district, has finally been connected by road under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). The 25-km road, leading to Sekong village from Richukrong, a remote circle, was constructed by the Rural Works Department, Seppa with an estimated cost of Rs 19 crore.
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Widening of Chennai’s Poonamallee High Road in progress
The Tamil Nadu Highways Department is presently widening a small but crucial portion of Poonamallee High Road near Aminjikarai. The 300-metre stretch is a major bottleneck as the road, which is broad in most places, suddenly narrows down in this part to a single-lane facility. Residents and shopkeepers in the locality said traffic was sluggish on this stretch during rush hour.
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C’garh UT admin seeks 3-tier road link to Mohali airport
A three-tier road connectivity to Chandigarh from the upcoming international airport in Mohali has been demanded by UT administration and the matter has been taken up with the high powered inter-state coordination committee constituted by the Government of India. The administration has rued that none of the access options for Chandigarh being considered for the expanded airport compares with the access currently enjoyed by Chandigarh's residents.
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Govt to construct 27 roads along Sino-Indian borders
Along the India-China border, the Union government
is to construct 27 strategic border roads. Approving the road works the government has estimated cost for the same at Rs 1,937 crore. This was stated by Minister of State for Home Mullapally Ramachandran in Lok Sabha February 26.
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NHAI to expanded h’ways in Vizag into six lanes
In Visakhapatnam, traffic jams on arterial roads will become a thing of the past once National Highways Authority of IndiaÂ’s (NHAI) ambitious plan to expand highways into six lanes at a cost of Rs 863 crore becomes a reality.
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Rs 13 cr to construct concrete roads in Bhubaneswar
For constructing concrete roads in its wards, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to spend Rs 13 crore in the ensuing fiscal. BMC has lately focused on repair and construction of the road network under it. It has around 1,400 km of internal and a few major roads under it. Most of the roads in the city are either being constructed or repaired.
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Regulator for road sector a boon, say experts
Experts say that the Budget announcement about the setting up of a regulator for roads is a blessing in disguise for India's highways sector. They say that the dispute-heavy sector can now look forward to a third party to resolve them, in the form of a regulator.
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Monitoring of road widening work sought in Gurgaon
The quality of construction work on dividers and footpaths on the Sector 53-56 road needs stricter monitoring, said residents. The HUDA engineering wing is constructing a footpath on both sides of the road. From the beginning of the work at site the residents of the adjoining sectors have claimed that the quality of the work is going unmonitored.