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.
Category: Roads & Highways
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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.
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Roads in Chandigarh left in the lurch
Chandigarh city roads are to be repaired and re-carpeted every five years, but several roads in the city in both commercial and residential areas have not only crossed the stipulated period, but haven't been looked at for about seven to 10 years.
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Villagers accept DC’s plea to repair road by ‘shramdan’
In Jharkhand, a janata durbar was held by the Hazaribag Deputy Commissioner Manish Ranjan on November 15 at the site on the 12-km stretch of the Barkagaon-Keredari-Tandwa road, connecting CCL's Piparwar coal mining project where hundreds of villagers were holding an agitation demanding construction and repair of the said road.
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Mlore’s concreted roads still lack drains, pavements
Many roads in Mangalore still lack storm-water drains and pavements even two years after the Mangalore City Corporation completed concreting the roads in the city. Many of those roads still lack storm-water drains and pavements.
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Pune’s road outside Shivaji market needs repairs
The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) has not repaired the Dr Saldhana street outside the market for several years, complain people staying in the vicinity of Shivaji market. The road is dominated by hawkers.
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Ring road to link Kolkata’s Sector V, Bantala
Kolkata city's IT hub or Sector V, will soon be interlinked with Rajarhat-New Town and Bantala SEZ through new roads next year. So it is good news for motorists and techies who have a harrowing time while on their way to work in the IT hub.
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Ramky achieves financial closure for Hospet road project
For the Rs 1,103-crore Hospet-Chitradurga tollway road project in Karnataka, Ramky Infrastructure has achieved financial closure. The company closed finances through debt syndication of Rs 830 crore to execute the road project.
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BBMP may cancel contractor of Mysore Road work
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to cancel the agreement with the contractor of Mysore Road widening work as the BBMP is not at all happy with the tardy progress in the work. Presently Mysore Road in Bengaluru is causing inconvenience to road users.
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NHAI to let firms to start projects after land acquisition
The National Highways Authority of India ( NHAI) has decided on rolling out projects only after the contract companies have substantial land required for the project and are given environmental clearance.