MBL Infrastructures has taken up contracts for stretches of Seoni-Katangi road in Madhya Pradesh and Bikaner-Suratgarh in Rajasthan. Toll collection has already begun on the Seoni stretch, though the project completion will take another 18 months.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Widening of two roads in Arunachal is on: BRO
The broadening work on the Orang Kalaktang Shergaon Rupa Tenga (OKSRT) Road and the Balipara Bomdila Tawang (BBT) roads are on in full swing. The OKSRT Road will be fully operational by next year, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has said.
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BMC toughens process for nod to road works
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), after being slammed by the Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) for allowing cost variations in road projects without following mandatory procedure, has decided to alter its permission-granting procedures for road works without taking any direct step toward tackling the larger issue of cost escalations.
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MP faces lack of funds for road maintenance
Sources in Madhya Pradesh bureaucracy complain that inadequate funds being provided by the Centre is a main reason for bad condition of roads in the state. On the development of national highways passing through the state Centre provide megre funds for their maintenance, official sources said.
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Odisha govt targets Rs 50 bn worth PPP projects
During the 12th Five-year Plan period (2012-17), Odisha government plans to commission Rs 5,000 crore worth PPP (public private partnership) projects. The state government has already operationalised 12 projects while nine are under various stages of construction. These are part of the 54 projects identified by the state government for implementation on the PPP mode
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DC asks NHAI to speed up work on Jaipur expressway
Gurgaon Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner PC Meena reviewed the progress of the six-laning of Gurgaon- Kotputli-Jaipur Expressway on January 2 and asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the concessionaire Pink City Expressway (PCEPL) to complete the work in a time-bound manner.
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Chandigarh gets Rs 36.63 cr for road repairs, other works
To take up road works and other planned works in Chandigarh, a grant of Rs 36.63 crore has been released to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. This is the second annual financial grant of the Corporation, which had been pending with the administration for the last four to five months. This grant is for the planned works, mainly for the road division of the engineering department to construct, widen and re-carpet roads.
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J&K’s Ramban citizens demand flyover
Besides other demands, people of Ramban have demanded the Jammu and Kashmir government to build a flyover to ease the traffic congestion on the Ramban to Maitra route. They also demanded a bus service on the same route.
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Hyd civic body takes up Rs 75 cr worth road works
In 2013, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will be taking up three Road Under Bridges (RUBs) and one Road Over Bridge (RoB) crossing over the railway tracks in different parts of the city. The projects costing about Rs 75 crore are already in different stages of progress. The RUB at the revised site of Uttamnagar instead of Safilguda will be constructed at a cost of Rs30 crore.
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‘Ensure zero tolerance for pollution in highway work’
A Jammu and Kashmir Assembly committee on environment, headed by CPI (M) MLA from Kulgam MY Tarigami, has voiced concern over ecological impact of 4-lane Srinagar-Jammu national highway. The panel has stressed on ensuring zero tolerance for pollution and adoption of eco-friendly practices in the construction.