To review progress of road construction along China border the Indian Home Ministry will hold a review meeting this week. Media had last week highlighted about the tardy pace of construction of the key stretches in Sikkim and Uttarakhand that are being built for Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP).
Category: Roads & Highways
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Widening of Minjur-T’vanam road in Chennai nears completion
In Chennai, another road that provides connectivity to places in north Chennai is expected to be ready by February end. The 17.4 km-long Minjur-Kattur-Thirupalaivanam Road that is being strengthened and widened at a cost of Rs 36.64 crore, will help residents of villages including Neidavoyal, Thiruvallavoyal and Thathamanji.
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Gujarat takes up road broadening work on 3 highways
In Gujarat, as the Adipur-Mundra highway, Bhuj-Anjar highway and Bhachau-Rapar highway have been taken up for broadening work, traveling to Kutch from Saurashtra and Ahmedabad will be quicker. A five meter wide Adipur-Mundra highway will be converted to 10 meter, while Bhuj-Anjar and Bhachau-Rapar both 7-meter wide highways will be converted to 10 meter status.
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ChPT renegotiates revenue share
Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) is reportedly renegotiating the revenue share with Adani Group for the proposed Rs 3,500-crore mega container terminal project. It is learnt that the port trust is not satisfied with the revenue share offered by the group for the contract and hence is seeking
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Resurfacing of Aizawl roads in progress
According to the Mizoram PWD sources, the resurfacing work beginning from Bawngkawn Traffic Point in Aizawl is in progress towards Buichali via Sairang and the work is going on near Rangvamual on January 25.
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Rs 14.29 cr approved for widening of Nagpur’s Lam Road
In Nagpur, the widening of Lam Road from Saubhagya Nagar to Deolali Camp has got a green signal as the district collectorate has, in principle, approved the Rs 14.29-crore proposal from the Deolali Cantonment Board. The six-km stretch will be converted into four lanes with proper dividers, streetlights, footpaths, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Deolali Cantonment Board, Amol Jagtap said.
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Rs 6.68 cr spent on PMGSY roads in Karnah of J&K
In Jammu and Kashmir, an amount of Rs 6.68 crore has been utilised on the execution of six road projects measuring 23 kilometers in the Karnah tehsil of Kupwara district under the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), out of the allotted Rs 12.86 crore for this purpose.
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TN announces new system for road projects
In Tamil Nadu, the State government has announced a new 'Performance Based Maintenance Contract', which would be awarded on long-term basis.
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NHAI blamed for encouraging irresponsible bids
One of the reasons for companies like GMR and GVK walked out of big-ticket road projects is that the companies are over-leveraged, said Gajendra Haldea, Infrastructure Advisor to Planning Commission Deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia. The bureaucrat's statement comes in days after infrastructure majors GMR and GVK walked out of road projects.
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Bhubaneswar’s key road project to be completed by 2014
In Bhubaneswar, the much-awaited Integrated Daya West Canal Road Project, covering 7.8 km, is likely to be completed by October 2014. But as work on the project threatens to shrink the width of Daya West Canal, doubts have come up over the possibility of the water body being used for proposed recreational purposes. The road project, which aims to join NH-5 with NH-203 from Palasuni Square to Garage Square, will facilitate smooth flow of traffic between Rasulgarh and Samantarapur as NH-203 remain