A total of Rs.2 lakh crore will be spent on expanding as well as building new roads in Maharashtra in next five years, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said here today.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Coastal road final alignment plan delayed by three months
The much-anticipated coastal road project is set to delay further by at least three months with the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority instructing the BMC to revise its plan to reduce extent of mangrove to be affected.
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PPP projects 33percentage of total capacity of major ports-CAG
PPP projects have contributed only 33 per cent to toital capacity of major ports up to March 2014, thereby defeating the purpose of the PPP model, CAG has said.
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Gadkari hopeful of pushing Road Safety Bill in next Parliament session
Despite stiff political hurdles, Nitin Gadkari-led Road and Highway Ministry hopes to soon push the long pending Road Safety Bill in the upcoming Parliament session.
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Road ministry likely to rebid stuck projs
As a meeting in New Delhi between the government, lenders and concessionaires could not find solutions to 10 of the 19 languishing highway projects, the road ministry is likely to restructure and rebid them.
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Diversification is a part of the mission of this company from its very first day
These are virgin Nylon-6 fibres for secondary reinforcement in construction. Nylon 6 is the best proposition among all synthetic fibres to impart the most effective secondary reinforcement in construction and we have got the patent for the process of making this product.
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PSUs should not be treated as an extended arm of the government
The public sector was set up on the premise of economic development with social justice. To build strong infrastructure for the country and to meet social objectives, PSUs were established in backward regions and employed a large number of people ù 25 lakh people till 1989.
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The bottom line is that roads should get done
There has been a significant mindset change in the approach of NHAI and its officers. This is the most significant improvement in the working situation that we have ushered in.
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The stage is set for take-off. It´s time to execute
We have been working with them to put together the investment policy - what should be the objectives, focus, sectors, types of investments and things of that nature. All that has been finalised.
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Hybrid Annuity model for implementing highway projects approved
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the PM Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the Hybrid Annuity Model as one of the modes of delivery for implementing the Highway Projects.