The engineering wing of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has begun repair and restoration work on roads that were badly damaged in the heavy rains across the city last week.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Kottayam to get outer ring road
In Kottayam, connecting Pakkil-Kanjikuzhy and Kodimatha an already existing road network will be developed as an outer ring road of the town. The Public Works Department said that the work includes the modification of the MG Road (1 km), ML Junction-Muttambalam Road (2.5 km) and Kanjikuzhy-Power House Junction Road (7 km).
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Chennai Corp sets up road quality testing labs
Stating that faulty road compaction is one of the primary reasons for potholes, the Chennai Corporation has stated that it has set up quality control laboratories in each of its 15 zones to improve the quality of its road construction works.
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Rs 3,000 cr road works cleared in Maha, Punjab
The Union government on October 30 cleared Rs 3,000 crore worth highway widening works in Maharashtra and Punjab. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved four laning of the Aurangabad-Yedeshi highway in Maharashtra at an investment of Rs 2,406.63 crore. In Punjab, the Sangrur-Haryana border road will be widened at Rs 612.28 crore investment.
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BMC to invite tenders for Rs 1,002 cr road works
To give a face-lift to Mumbai streets by the end of next November, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to issue tenders worth Rs 1,002 crore. BMC said that as As part of the plan, it will carry out asphalt works worth Rs 240 crore covering 68 roads in the island city and 43 in eastern suburbs.
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$500 mn World Bank loan for roads in remote India
To improve national highways and road connectivity in remote areas and economically backward areas of India, the World Bank has approved a loan of $500 million loan.
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Panel on highway projects to have five members
The government proposed committee, headed by C Rangarajan, to resolve inter-ministerial differences over the proposal to reschedule premium payments for a clutch of highway projects will have five members, say sources.
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NMC okays Rs 150 cr worth road works for Nashik
Ten road works worth Rs 150 crore have been approved in Nashik city by the Nashik Municipal Corporation on October 29. The proposals include development of the inner ring road in the city from Nilgiri Bag to Agartakali Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to Saikheda road at a cost of Rs 8.76 crore.
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Eight-lane road to link Bidar, Chamarajnagar
To execute the 'Kalyana Patha' road project, the Karnataka government has appointed the Karnataka Road Development Corporation (KRDCL) as the nodal agency. The project aims to develop industries, colonies, small towns along the Chamarajanagar-Bidar 850-km stretch. The project has been named as Kalyana Patha road project.
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Road work causes chaos on Jammu-Udhampur road
Commuters are facing difficulties due to the ongoing widening work along the Jammu-Udhampur road stretch of 286-km-long Jammu-Srinagar highway. The road widening work is causing traffic chaos everyday.