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.
Category: Roads & Highways
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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.
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Kerala delays road widening work for 20-yrs
In Kerala, the authorities of Public Works Department has been delaying the widening of the SN Junction-Puthiyakavu stretch on the Ernakulam-Kottayam State highway for more than 22 years. The PWD officials mooted the plan to widen the road in 1991. As per the proposal, it would develop the 12-metre wide road to 33 metre.
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IRB begins to collect toll on Kolhapur highway
IRB Infrastructure Developers has commenced toll collection on Kolhapur highway in Maharashtra, the company said in a filing to Bombay Stock Exchange on October 29.
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Incomplete flyover project bring hardships to commuters
Whenever a train chugs in or out of Manapparai station, scores of vehicles pile up on both sides of the railway crossing across the Dindigul Road in Tamil Nadu. Train crossings take place on this arterial road over 25 times a day, mostly at night. With the Tiruchi Road remaining closed, all vehicles have to take the Dindigul Road to enter or leave Manapparai.
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Blore’s Indiranagar road to be named after poet
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will name the 100-feet road in Indiranagar after Kannada poet Karim Khan, said the city Mayor BS Satyanarayana. The issue was raised in the BBMP by DJ Halli Councillor Sampathraj.
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Gurgaon e-way toll up by Rs 60 lakh a month: NHAI
From the 32-lane toll plaza on Gurgaon expressway, the toll collected has been increased by Rs 60 lakh in a single month after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) commissioned a survey to monitor collections. This was stated by the NHAI before the Delhi High Court on October 28.