With an eye on attracting investment and generating more revenue for the highways sector, the government is planning to charge toll for plying on a majority of two-laned roads.
Category: Roads & Highways
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India offers Myanmar to build roads, bridges
Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai has stated that India has offered to build 71 new bridges in Myanmar on the Tamu to Kalewa highway. He added that a team from the Road Transport and Highways Ministry is visiting that country as part of the project.
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Allahabad DM underlines road safety
To enforce wearing helmet by two-wheeler drivers in Allahabad district, especially students, the District Magistrate Rajshekhar has asked the city police to conduct awareness drive in schools to ensure two-wheelers were driven only after obtaining a valid driving licence and compulsorily use of helmet.
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Big firms stay away from BMC’s road contracts
The failure of Mumbai's civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the richest in India, to attract reputed infrastructure companies to bid for its multi-crore road contracts, does not come as a surprise. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) attempted to weed out dubious contractors with alleged political connections.
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Maha ranks 1st, TN 2nd in road projects under PPP
Tamil Nadu ranks number two with a share of over 20 per cent in total road projects under operation in the public-private partnership (PPP) model as of August, 2012.
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Govt to give more powers to banks in road projects
Banks in India are going to be given more functional and supervisory powers by the government with regard to road projects.
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Key flyover in Kolkata to be ready by May 2014
In Kolkata, one of the major flyover projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has cleared hurdles for a long-pending 600-metre leg. The 4.6 km-long Park Circus-Parama flyover project, connecting central Kolkata with its eastern fringes including the airport and IT hub in Salt Lake, may now see speedy completion.
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Ahmedabad’s 7 model road projects cleared
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has cleared seven new model road projects in the last few weeks. These projects were in the pipeline for long and were held back for the Election Commission's approval. The projects will cost Rs 143.87 crore. A major chunk of the money will be pumped into road construction in the west zone, which has seen an allocation of Rs 56.55 crore.
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Road safety week from May 6-12, UN promotes walking
Worldwide while going ahead with urbanisation plans, it is find the authorities concerned did not provide enough facilities for pedestrians despite knowing how healthy it is to walk
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Assam’s rural road network gets a boost
The Union government has decided to relax norms for Assam so that it can get benefits at par with tribal areas and hill states for constructing rural roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.