Two highway projects for widening of roads in Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha have been approved by the Union government at an expenditure of Rs 5,652.03 crore. The projects approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) included Rs 2,015.60 crore scheme for widening of Patna-Gaya-Dobhi section in Bihar and Rs 3636.43 crore project for Baharagora-Sambalpur stretch in Odisha and Jharkhand, an official statement said.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Orang Kalaktang Shergaon Rupa Tenga road to be ready by 2014
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L&T faces Rs 3k cr order cut as GMR drops road project
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Roads are key to over-all economic development
Road sector plays a key role in the over-all economic development of the country, said the Union Minister of state for Road Transport and Highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana. He was speaking at the 73rd Annual session of the Indian Roads Congress being held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
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Manipur attributes delay in road works to bandhs
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Govt not responsible for road project delays: Natarajan
Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on January 8 said that there was no delay 'even for a day' in granting clearances from her Ministry. She dinied allegations that delay in getting a green nod is holding up road projects.
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Micro-surfacing of Dehradun city roads starts
To provide pothole free and smooth roads to Dehradun commuters, the State Public Works Department (PWD) has started doing micro surfacing on the city roads. Since the mercury is favourable during day time, department is facing no problem to complete the ongoing work on time.