To remove bottlenecks in widening of roads in Mumbai, the Bruhanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to form a special cell that will be staffed with retired officials. The cell will be tasked with identifying and help in removal of bottlenecks on roads so that their widening can be expedited.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Nashik’s roads to be repaired before monsoon
Nashik's roads are going to be repaired. The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has accelerated 19 road works across the city to be ready for the monsoon which is more than three months away. Bids have been invited to undertake various roads works amounting to Rs 14 crore. The work includes widening, resurfacing, tarring and macadamisation.
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Mangalore railway station gets its 2nd foot overbridge
In Mangalore, a second foot overbridge was inaugurated at Mangalore Central Railway Station on February 11. Nalin Kumar Kateel, Member of Parliament from Mangalore said that the overbridge has been constructed at a cost of Rs 75 lakh to connect platforms 1, 2 and 3.
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Imphal-Jiribam h’way stretch remains in bad shape
The Imphal-Jiribam stretch of National Highway 37 will not be fit for an international car rally when the Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar car rally enters the State on February 26 from Kolkata. Though the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has been maintaining that the Ministry concerned, in this case the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, has not sanctioned anything to repair a 26 km stretch of the said highway for the car rally, it has come to light that a sum of Rs 45 crore was recently
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NHAI and concessionaires must iron out issues keeping the spirit of PPP in mind
Recently, GMR Infrastructure and GVK Power & Infrastructure exited from two mega road projects (that they agreed to set up under public private partnership [PPP] model) citing delay in environmental clearances. While GVK withdrew from an around Rs 3,000-croreShivpuri-Dewas project in Madhya Pradesh, GMR abandoned its over Rs 6,000-croreKishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad project.
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Odisha to build concrete roads in villages at Rs 1,870 cr
The Odisha Panchayati Raj Minister Kalpataru Das has stated that the State government will spend about Rs 1,870 crore on construction of concrete roads in all gram panchayats in the next three years. The government will spend Rs 623.60 crore per annum for the next three years for making pucca roads in all gram panchayats.
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Ministry to discuss setting up of regulator
Union road ministry would soon discuss the proposal to form a regulator for the road and transport sector. After internal discussion, the road ministry would approach the cabinet for approval. The initiative in this regard is restarted in the wake of the recent move by some private companies exiting the projects on account of delay in
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Centre gives nod to road projects worth Rs 38,500 cr
With an objective to boost road connectivity to rural areas in the country the Union government on February 7 cleared road projects worth about Rs 38,500 crore under the rural road connectivity scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) which was launched in 2000.
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UP has Rs 20,000 cr worth road works underway
In Uttrar Pradesh, road projects worth about Rs 20,000 crore are either underway or in the pipeline. The road projects pertain to both State highways and road projects of the UP State Highways Authority (UPSHA). UP has one of the largest road networks in India measuring 1,33,122 km, which includes national/state highways, district and rural roads.
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Cabinet gives in principle nod for Rs 385 bn road projects
In order to cover unconnected habitations in Naxal-affected districts and areas of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China, union cabinet gave "in principle" approval for Rs 38,500 crore road projects. These projects would be implemented in 82 Naxal-affected districts where the population is 100 persons and above (as per the 2001 census) and areas of Arun