The Union government is trying to tie up Japanese funds for road projects in the North-East that had difficulty in attracting private sector investment in the past, sources in the government said.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Rethink on premium highway restructuring
The C Rangarajan Committee, which was set up in October this year, made some key recommendations to be submitted to the Highway Ministry that include rescheduling of premium that road developers are liable to pay to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and some breather from penalty norms.
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Rethink on premium highway restructuring
The C Rangarajan Committee, which was set up in October this year, made some key recommendations to be submitted to the Highway Ministry that include rescheduling of premium that road developers are liable to pay to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and some breather from penalty norms.
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India widens its 14,000 km highways into 4-lanes
About 14,000 km length of National Highways has been converted into four lanes during the last ten years i.e. 2004 to 2012 by National Highways Authority of India, Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Tushar A Chaudhary stated in the Rajya Sabha recently.
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NHAI’s plea to collector to repair roads
In Kochi city, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has now sent a notice to the Ernakulam district collector and appealed him to repair works in areas where Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has dug up roads.
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Underpass to come up at Kharki Daula Chowk in Haryana
In Haryana, the construction of underpass at Kharki Daula Chowk on National Highway-8 (NH-8) was agreed in-principle on cost sharing formula with Govt. of Haryana, said the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Tushar A. Chaudhary in a reply to a question in Rajya Sabha recently.
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Coimbatore residents face troubles with dug-up roads
In Coimbatore, condition of roads in Krishna Colony and MGR Nagar near Singanallur has been pathetic and residents in both the localities are facing trouble due to the bad roads. One can witness shoddy manner of execution of JNNURM projects including the storm water drain construction for the past couple of months in the area.
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Trichy residents welcome proposal to build bridge
With proposed construction of a a bridge across the Cauvery between two stations, Unniyur and Nerur near Tiruchirapalli or Trichy, at least 35 km distance will be reduced for commuters. The Tamil Nadu government has proposed to construct the bridge. The area residents have expressed happiness over the proposal.
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National Road Safety Policy to control road mishaps
The Union government has said that a total of 1,38258 persons have been killed in road accidents in the country during 2012. In 2011, 1,42,485 persons were killed, the government has said.
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Work to restart on COD railway bridge in Kanpur
Construction of incomplete COD railway over bridge in Kanpur would commence once again from December 25. The over bridge is under construction for the last four years. According to sources first of all diversion would be developed for passers by. Thereafter construction work would begin in main bridge.