Gadkari to relaunch widening work for NH 75 after 6 years As National Highway infrastructure in coastal Karnataka continues to stay terrible despite BJP’s claim of having double engine governments for development in Karnataka, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will be in Mangaluru on Monday to lay the foundation stone for many highway works, comprising...
Category: Roads & Highways
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Talasani inaugurates last down ramp of PVNR Expressway
The last down ramp of 195 m was developed at over Rs 9 crore The Minister of Animal Husbandry, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, at the inauguration of the last down ramp of P V Narasimha Rao (PVNR) Expressway at Laxmi Nagar, Hyderabad, said that the state government is prioritising basic facilities like roads, flyovers, underpasses, and...
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7th India Construction Festival takes off with focus on tech
The most-awaited 7th India Construction Festival, organised by infrastructure think-tank, FIRST Construction Council & ASAPP Info Global Group, has commenced in Mumbai. The most-awaited 7th India Construction Festival, organised by infrastructure think-tank, FIRST Construction Council & ASAPP Info Global Group, has commenced in Mumbai. During the course of the day, ICF will be hosting three...
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Bentley Systems announces the finalists Going Digital Awards in infrastructure
The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley software. Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced the finalists for the 2021 Going Digital Awards in infrastructure. The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. A 16 independent jury...
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BRO builds world’s highest motorable road at 19,300 ft in Ladakh
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) constructed the world’s highest motorable road at 19,300 feet at Umlingla Pass in Eastern Ladakh.The altitude of this road is higher than the Mount Everest base camps. The south base camp is situated at an altitude of 17,598 feet in Nepal, while the north base camp is at 16,900 feet...
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Rs 90k cr Delhi-Mumbai expressway to be ready by 2023
The eight-lane expressway will have a provision to be expanded to 12 lane
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Will appoint oversight committee from private sector to drive change
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways is upset with cement cartelisation and faulty detailed project report (DPR) preparations and has set a roadmap for stepping up road construction pace and quality in surface material with innovative mixes. Speaking exclusively to Pratap Padode, Editor-in-Chief of ASAPP Info Global Group at the ‘InfraNirbhar Webinar...
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A New Chapter Begins in Infra Financing
As the country slowly emerges from a severe second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, policymakers in the Central Government have actively been implementing solutions for kickstarting the economy since the previous fiscal. More recently, the setting up of the National Bank for Infrastructure & Financing Development (NaBFID) will ensure long-term financing for major infrastructure projects...
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IRB Infra SPV Achieves Full COD for Udaipur-Gujarat Border Highway Project
Udaipur Tollway Ltd., the special purpose vehicle (SPV) of India’s leading highway infrastructure developer, IRB Infrastructure Developers, has achieved full commercial operation date (COD) for its Udaipur-Gujarat Border six-lane highway project in Rajasthan. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a completion certificate to the company, enabling the collection of toll at full...
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Top 10 highways in first ever NHAI rankings
Ahmedabad-Vadodara tops the chart