In Mangalore, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to collect user fee on the 18.60 km National Highway Road from the city to BC Road from December 5 midnight. With this, travel for Mangalore commuters on BC Road is to become more costly.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Land acquisition resumed for key road in Kochi
In Kochi, for the 10 km long ThevaraĆā Thykoodam Bund Road work, land acquisition has been resumed. For the last few months, the land acquisition work was held up. Now the land acquisition is in the final states, say media reports.
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Jharkhand to get another 3,000 km rural roads
The Union government has agreed to sanction another 3,000 km rural roads to Jharkhand under the central scheme, Pradhanmantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the next financial year.
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Stir demands to pace up repairs to bridge
In Mumbai, residents of Kalina-Kurla area staged a road blockade (rasta roko) and demanded the authorities concerned to complete work immediately on the Kalina-Kurla bridge over Mithi river. The protesters blocked traffic on LBS Road to a standstill for close to half an hour.
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IRB’s traffic growth slow on State h’ways
For the second quarter ended September, IRB Infrastructure's traffic growth has been slower due to traffic at its state highway road projects shrank when compared to last year. The company stated that traffic at three of the company's state highway projects shrank two to three per cent.
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A Disconcerting Year For PPP Ends
This year was truly a vortex of a perfect storm, yet it has been a year of contrasts. The Indian industry is in dire need of political stability and the strength of leadership at the Centre, but at the same time, India recently overtook China as the most attractive investment destination in the world. This year, foreign institutional investment (FII) is at its peak, having crossed Rs 1 lakh crore.
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Bharat Forge awarded Sword of Honour
Bharat Forge has been conferred upon with the prestigious international "Sword of Honour Award" by the British Safety Council for Health & Safety, Management Systems. The Sword of Honour Award was received by BP Kalyani, Executive Director, Bharat Forge at the historic Goldsmiths' Hall in the City of London. The Sword of Honour is a reflection of high standards of Health & Safety performance and demonstration of leadership in safety in all phases of operations across the plant.
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Bharat Forge awarded Sword of Honour
Bharat Forge has been conferred upon with the prestigious international "Sword of Honour Award" by the British Safety Council for Health & Safety, Management Systems. The Sword of Honour Award was received by BP Kalyani, Executive Director, Bharat Forge at the historic Goldsmiths' Hall in the City of London. The Sword of Honour is a reflection of high standards of Health & Safety performance and demonstration of leadership in safety in all phases of operations across the plant.
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Can NHAI really help?
The current levels of stress have been harsh on the road sector as a whole, indicating that there could be further deterioration in credit quality. While describing the current concerns of the toll roads sector, R Venkataraman believes the various steps taken by NHAI may not greatly help the ailing sector.
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How the cookie crumbles
With escalated construction costs excarberating to halved traffic growth projections, M Murali explains the startling fact that delays stood at an average of 73 per cent beyond the original timelines.