A pleasant surprise awaits thousands of techies who take the elevated highway to Electronic City in Bengaluru from July 1 they will not have to shell out extra money as toll fee. Contrary to the customary 6-7 per cent annual hike in toll fee, there will be a downward revision this year for users of the elevated highway that connects Central Silk Board Junction with the Electronic City Junction on the Bengaluru-Hosur stretch.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Site clearance for NH bypass nearing completion
The site clearance for the widening of the National Highway-66 bypass stretch from Mukkola to Karode in the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border is nearing completion. The removal of trees, vegetation and other waste materials along the 16.5-km stretch is ´70 per cent complete´, thereby paving way for the development of the second reach of the bypass.
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CCEA approves three major highway projects across the country
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval to three major highway projects. Briefing the media in Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the government has given its nod to the four-laning of the 80 kilometre long Phagwara-Rupnagar section of NH-344A in Punjab at a cost of Rs.1,444 crore, in Hybrid Annuity Mode.
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12 Bengaluru roads to get TenderSURE makeover
The Karnataka government will upgrade 12 roads in Bengaluru under the TenderSURE project as of now, sources in the Urban Development Department (UDD) have said. The roads include Church Street, Commercial Street, Brigade Road, Lavelle Road, Infantry Road and Queen´s Road.
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Gayatri bags Rs.306 cr road project
Gayatri Projects has said that it has bagged a Rs.306-crore order from the Centre for four-laning of a highway on the Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu border.
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NHAI gets green nod for Rs.1,246-cr UP road project
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has received environment clearance for updgrading the 146-km long carriageway of Kanpur (Chakeri) to Allahabad section of NH-2 in Uttar Pradesh at a cost of Rs.1,246 crore.
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Ashoka Buildcon´s targets
Ashoka Buildcon is targeting new road projects worth Rs.4,000-5,000 crore this fiscal as India pushes for higher investments in building new highways and revamping existing ones.
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The NET of all Nets
Was it Napoleon, who said that an army marches on its stomach? Or was it Frederick the Great? Historians do not seem to agree on that contentious question. Irrespective of who made that statement, you would think their armies moved on horses and carriages.
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Net Neutrality for India
Infrastructure is the critical backbone of any nation. India´s deficiencies in this regard, despite huge subsidies by the government, are very well known - whether it be in respect of highways and railways, housing, ports, power or water supply.
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We envisage a barrier-free tolling system
NPCI falls into the category of financial market infrastructure. Our infrastructure is not visible to the naked eye. The financial market infrastructure, however, is huge. Within this, NPCI plays the role of a payments utility. We are like a utility to the banks wherein we facilitate over 25 million payments transactions daily.