The Tamil Nadu Highways Department will shortly call for consultants to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Rs 1,420 crore Chennai Peripheral Road project.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Slowdown hits NHAI’s projects in this fiscal
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) awarded a whopping 49 projects totalling 7,500 km last financial year. but this fiscal, in the first six months, the authority has managed to award just four projects measuring 560 km. NHAI attributes this situation to economic slowdown.
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Bhopal city roads to be renovated: Minister
Madhya Pradesh Urban Administration and Development (UAD) Minister Babulal Gaur has said that various roads of Bhopal city measuring 200 kilometres will be renovated for the convenience of citizens. As the people of Kolar area in the city demanded, steps will be taken to merge the Kolar Municipality into Bhopal Municipal Corporation, Gaur added.
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Maha spends Rs 2,368 cr on its roads
Maharashtra has a road network of 2,41,000 km. The stateĆ¢ā¬ā¢s expenditure on roads has increased from Rs 539 crore in 2005 to Rs 2,368 crore. In 1996, the state government decided to formulate a private-public-partnership (PPP) policy to finance its Road Development Plan (1981Ć¢ā¬ā2001), which in turn called for about Rs 26,000 crore of investments.
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Pimpri civic body to build 18 meter road in Kiwale
An 18 meter wide road will be constructed in Kiwale in Pimpri Chinchwad city at an expenditure of Rs 2.21 crore by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC). A proposal seeking approval for the work will be tabled before the standing committee meeting to be held on November 20, said Makrand Nikam, Executive Engineer, PCMC.
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Rajasthan to get nod for Rs 4,355 cr road project
For Rajasthan, the Union Government is likely to approve a Rs 4,355 crore project for construction of 1,300 km roads, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways C P Joshi said on November 18. The construction of 1,869-km long roads in the state was completed at a cost of Rs 12,000 crore and work on an additional 1,243-km is underway, he said at a function in Jaipur.
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Govt inspects road repair works in Senapati district
In Manipur, the civil organisations based in Senapati district have inspected the ongoing repairing works along National Highway 2 from the Manipur-Nagaland border at Mao Gate to Senapati district headquarters on November 17. The civil authorities witnessed that considerable progress has been made.
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Work to restart soon on Trichy’s road overbridge
Construction of the road overbridge across the railway level-crossing on the Oyamari road in Tiruchirapalli city, which had come to a halt over the past few months, is set to resume soon. The bridge project was sanctioned at a cost of Rs.28.50 crore. It will connect Chinthamani area of the city with the Chennai Bypass Road.
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Pune division seeks Rs 2,500 cr for road development
To develop a road network of 24,569 km in Pune division comprising Pune, Satara, Sangli, Solapur and Kolhapur districts the Pune Divisional Commissionerate has sought Rs 2,500 crore from the Centre and the State governments. The commissionerate has also sought around Rs 800 crore for repair of roads.
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PMC hikes road restoration charge to Rs 2,600 per metre
Road or pavement restoration charges in Pune are going to be increased to Rs 2,600 per metre from the existing rate of Rs 1,900 per metre by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The PMC has decided to increase the restoration charge of road or pavement that are dug by different service providers to lay cables or pipelines.