To market its projects both abroad and in India, the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry is looking to hire industry bodies and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The governmentĂÂŽs move comes after private investors showed disinterest in the road projects this year. For its expressway projects worth over Rs 30,000 crore and 15 other highway projects in the pipeline, the Ministry is looking to engage the industry bodies and IFC.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Nod to 14 highway projects under EPC mode
As the Union government failed to draw bids under the public-private partnership (PPP) model for road projects, the Union Road Ministry has approved 14 highway projects to be bid under the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) model to attract private investments.
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Nod to 14 highway projects under EPC mode
As the Union government failed to draw bids under the public-private partnership (PPP) model for road projects, the Union Road Ministry has approved 14 highway projects to be bid under the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) model to attract private investments.
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Centre to pace up expressway projects
The Union government is to fast-track a few expressway projects in the country for the development of industry, said the Union Road Transport & Highways Minister Oscar Fernandes. The Mumbai-Vadodara Expressway, the eastern and western peripheral expressways, and the Delhi-Jaipur expressway will be part of the plan, the Minister added. Addressing the inaugural function of Excon 2013, Fernandes said these expressways will provide enough opportunity for industry to grow along these express ways.
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Green roads
In India, Zydex Technologies is looking to build up to 20,000 km of moisture-resistant green roads by 2016 using its nanotechnology. Such roads need no maintenance for about 15 years. The company has already completed about 500 km of roads in India with Border Roads Organisation and other agencies, the company said. Zydex has already built such highways in US, Europe and Africa.
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Improvement of two key roads
The Gurgaon-Sohna Road and Southern Peripheral Road should be strengthened to handle more traffic before it starts building a flyover at Hero Honda Chowk on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has said.
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Transportation plans
To prepare a comprehensive urban transport plan for Coimbatore city, the Coimbatore Corporation will discuss with government officials, civil society activists, non-government organisations and trade body representatives. A meeting with the sections mentioned will be called in this regard to address city traffic issues.
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Transportation plans
To prepare a comprehensive urban transport plan for Coimbatore city, the Coimbatore Corporation will discuss with government officials, civil society activists, non-government organisations and trade body representatives. A meeting with the sections mentioned will be called in this regard to address city traffic issues.
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Govt links all district headquarters to Patna by road
By linking all district headquarters of Bihar with the State capital Patna, the State government has registered a significant achievement. Now, from any district headquarter town in the state, it takes maximum six hours by road to reach Patna.
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Kerala preparing its State road policy
Kerala Public Works Department is mulling to come up with its State Road Policy to develop a sustainable road network which would meet the traffic requirements of the future.