Severe budget constraints will limit many governments’ ability to fund improvements, and private financing will have to fill the gap.
Category: Roads & Highways
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NHAI awards 100 projects by March
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has finalised awarding of 100 projects in the fourth quarter of 2010-11.
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Time to validate our systems
Let us herald the New Year with some heartening news for Indian infrastructure.
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PPP for those unable to pay
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee indicated that public-private-partnership (PPP) projects should be directed to people who cannot pay for infrastructure services as it would ensure inclusive growth.
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Bumper to bummer
What our cities must get right before jumping to future transport options. “Why focus on urban transport?†asked a 2005 government presentation document, somewhat rhetorically.
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Signal free 291 km Panipat-Jalandhar highway
The six-lane National Highway-1 from Panipat to Jalandhar, 291 km stretch will be completely signal-free by November 2011.
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Vox Pop: Should cities focus on bus transit systems?
As many of our cities grapple with more basic needs, they also need to also understand infrastructure needs, viabilities and economies of scale in their transport infrastructure.
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Public agencies in cities should participate in low cost housing projects on PPP
How do you make projects in low cost housing, a social necessity, also viable and attractive to large private companies?
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NHAI inaugrates Basai ROB
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) recently inaugurated a bridge (culvert) over Badshapur drain near Hero Honda Chowk on Delhi-Gurgaon expressway, meanwhile Huda allowed traffic on trial over Basai railway-over-bridge (RoB) on Dwarka expressway.
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Bhutan blocks IndiaÂ’s proposed South Asian road connectivity project
A few news reports have quoted Bhutanese politicians who have said that the Himalayan country was “not ready” to pass the Bill, because its citizens “needed to be convinced about the benefits” of the proposed South Asian connectivity arrangement.