The Tamil Nadu State Highways Department is implementing road infrastructure improvement projects at a cost of Rs 10,000 crore. In 2012-13, the state had allocated Rs 2,262 crore for 4,943 km roads works and 150 infrastructure works. In the next 10 years, 2,000 km roads would be made into six-lane or eight-lane, 5,000 km roads would be made four-lane and all roads in the state would be at least two-lane at a cost of Rs 1.33 lakh crore.
Category: Roads & Highways
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nod for 2 road projects
The Union Cabinet approved proposals for two highway projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore. The Rs 2,015.6 crore highway project in Bihar will be implemented with financial assistance from Japan. The other one is four-lane 368.2-km-stretch in Odisha. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) also approved the implementation to four-lane the Patna-Gaya-Dobhi section in Bihar with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) loan assistance.
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RIL plans multi-purpose telecom towers
Reliance Industries plans to set up three-in-one telecom towers, starting with Mumbai, as it readies to launch fourth generation telecom services across the country. RIL is slated to launch 4G operations this year through its subsidiary Infotel Broadband.Infotel Broadband plans to set up towers that would support its 4G equipment (base transceiver stations) and video cameras for street surveillance.
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Nashik’s Trimbak Road to get 8.5 km cycle track
For easy pedalling of cyclists the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) plans to develop an 8.5 km bicycle track along Trimbak Road in the city by spending Rs 25 crore. The work includes widening of the road and the bicycle tract will be the first such track in the city.
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HUDA’s demolition drive for road project faces protest
In Gurgaon, a team of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) officials, set out to demolish a factory, which had come in the way of the Northern Peripheral Road (NPR) project, had to face the ire of the angry residents of New Palam Vihar Colony on January 25. The demolition team had landed at Sector 37 part two for the demolition of the factory. They had to make a hasty retreat from the site when the residents became angry.
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Work paced up on flyover in Chennai
In Chennai, traffic chaos in the northern neighbourhood is set to ease soon as the flyover in Vyasarpadi that will connect Chennai with the Kolkata highway (NH5) is nearing completion. The four-lane flyover under construction is a ĂâYĂâ-shaped facility similar to the flyover at Rangarajapuram in T. Nagar.
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Jammu’s Mughal Road project deadline extended to May
The Rs 640 crore Mughal Road project, which connects the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch in the Jammu region with the Kashmir Valley has been delayed. The road project is is now five years behind schedule. Now, the new deadline has been set for May.
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Home Ministry to check road works along China border
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).
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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.