GVK Power & Infrastructure has terminated a road contract with NHAI in Madhya Pradesh. The tollway was to come up in Shivpuri Dewas section. But the concessionaire GVK decided to terminate the contract entered by its subsidiary with NHAI last year due to delays in securing mandatory clearances, including right of way.
Category: Roads & Highways
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SC clears hurdle for Pune’s riverside road
The last hurdle in completing the 1.5-km road work on Mutha riverbed in Pune was removed on January 18 as the Supreme Court dismissed the prayer by city-based NGO Parisar Society to stay the construction of the road.
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Toll on highways may be reduced to 40% after 30-yrs
The Union Road Ministry is mulling over a proposal to reduce national highway toll to only 40 per cent of the prevailing rate after a period of 30 years. If implemented, it will bring relief to commuters traveling on national highways.
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NHAI feels cost overrun as reason for exit from projects
RP Singh, Chairman of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) claimed that the change in the economic scenario and escalation of cost prompted two highway developers to exit mega projects recently. It may be recalled that GMR Infrastructure terminated the contract for the Rs 5,700 crore Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad Expressway with NHAI on g
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Achieving 20 km/a day is not sustainable: NHAI
Due to delays in environment clearance and issues of land acquisition building 20 km of highways a day is not sustainable, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has said on January 17.
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MSRTC starts on-board catering to its Pune passengers
The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has planned to start on-board catering services in five buses plying on the Pune-Dadar-Pune route by next month. Passengers will soon be able to purchase snacks, fruit juices, cold drinks, tea/coffee during the journey. So the journey for passengers on board of Shivneri (Volvo) buses would got more comfortable.
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Set realistic road building targets: NHAI chief tells govt
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Chairman RP Singh said in Delhi on January 17 that there is not enough capacity in the system to construct 7,000-8,000 km of highways every year, that too on public-private partnership (PPP) basis. He said that the government should set a more realistic target on road construction of about 3,000-4,000 km a year.
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MoEF should decide over green nod for projects: NHAI
With the Prime MinisterÂ’s Office stepping in to resolve the row between the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) over forest clearances to highway projects, the NHAI has communicated that the ball is now in the ministryÂ’s court.
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Contractors stop RCC road works in Vadodara
Several contractors who had taken up work on the RCC internal roads of residential societies in Vadodara town have stopped work. Delayed payments due to pending results of inspection of the quality of roads is said to be the reason for the delay.
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Uncertainty over Gurgaon’s longest flyover project
The longest flyover project in Gurgaon to provide a signal-free ride between Rajiv Chowk and Mahavir Chowk in Gurgaon is likely to be scrapped. A high-level meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) may scrap the project.