The government has decided to bring in the private sector to speed up the Rs 20,100-crore national broadband project to connect the far-flung areas of the country.
Category: Roads & Highways
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New chief at BBnl
Aruna Sundarajan has taken over as the new Bharat Broadband Network (BBNL) chief.
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RoB projects to get speedy clearance soon
The Union government is getting ministries and departments to work together to get things moving even though big-bang infrastructure initiatives have remained elusive. The often feuding railways and highways ministries, for instance, have decided to
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NE Rly to eliminate unmanned crossings
The North-East Frontier Railway has planned to eliminate all Unmanned Level Crossings by 2016 -17 by either manning these or by construction of low height sub-ways or road under bridges.
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Mum-Goa concrete highway
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways said that his ministry has decided to construct a concrete four-lane road on the Mumbai-Goa national highway.
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HCC wins Indo-Nepal border road contract
HCC has been awarded a Rs 393.08-crore project by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highway.
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IL&FS bags NHAI road contract
IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company has bagged Rs 1,232 crore road project contract from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
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Elevated ring road on fast track
The Noida Authority has invited a request for proposal from consultants to prepare a detailed project report for the Delhi-Noida elevated ring road project.
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Versatile Road Sweeper
It is highly essential to keep the roads and roadsides spic and span. Cleaner roads are safer roads. Maintaining a clean road involves the removal of litter and removal of leaves from the roads.
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¨Raising large-scale infra funds is a difficult task¨
While the government and the RBI have eased norms and pushed for financing opportunities, actual benefits will take time to trickle down, says Vishwas Udgirkar, Senior Director, Deloitte India.