As President Pranab Mukharjee is scheduled to visit the Nagaland's capital Kohima, authorities concerned are gearing up to give a facelift to the roads. The city's roads were in a sorry state. With the President geared to visit and take some of the disabling routes that connect Kohima city, and the city to other districts, work to touch some of them up has been promised to begin.
Category: Roads & Highways
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West Bengal gets 421 rural roads under PMGSY
The Union Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh has said that his department has finalised funds for 421 roads covering 1,887 km in West Bengal. The State Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had written to the Prime Minister about norms being flouted by the Centre in allotment of funds to states.
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Thiruvananthapuram roads to get more green cover
The Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company (TRDCL) is all set to plant 600 more trees on the roads developed by it. With this, the sides of various city roads will sport more green cover in the coming days. Majority of the trees will be planted on the sides of the roads linking Pattom and Medical College, Peroorkada and Vazhayila and the roads at Pazhavangadi.
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AP’s 4 cities to get 737 low-floor Jnnurm buses
Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (JNNURM) scheme, people of Hyderabad, Visakhapatanam, Vijayawada and Tirupati will get 737 low-floor, semi low-floor buses of different kinds. The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is going to launch the low-floor buses.
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Hyd mosque gets 2.81 cr to part with land for road widining
The Greater Hyderagbad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has paid Rs Rs 2.81 crore to the Green Mosque or Masjid-e-Hussaini to acquire its 333 square yards at the rate of Rs 84,500 per square yard, which is the highest rate of compensation paid for land acquired for the purpose of road widening in Hyderabad.
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Kanpur roads repaired for CMs visit
Thanks to the scheduled visit of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to Kanpur on October 18, the district authorities were seen busy in preparations including road repairs. The potholed roads were levelled and the areas through which the CM is to pass were cleaned up.
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Minister lays foundation for Udupi road works
For developing the road of Shirvapadav Ćā Kallottu Ćā Moodu Mattaru Road in Udupi foundation stone was laid by the Karnataka Urban Development and Udupi district-in-charge Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake on October 15. A total of Rs 20 lakh is to be spent on the road work.
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R-Infra to sell road projects to cut its debt
To cut down its debt burdern of about Rs 21,976 .18 crore, Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) is mulling to sell either all or most of its 11 road projects. R-Infra is a part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group. R-Infra has appointed consulting firm EY or Ernst and Young, to oversee the sale.
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Cracks appear in Dindoshi bridge in Mumbai
In Mumai, the 13-year-old Dindoshi flyover was supposed to have been sturdy for 50 years. But by 13 years itself, cracks and damage show the sorry state of one of the busiest bridges in western suburb. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) said that as a thumb rule, a flyover is constructed with a minimum lifespan of 50 years while the maximum can even cross 100 years.
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Repairs incomplete on dug up roads in Kozhikode
In Kozhikode, the September 30 deadline for repairs and re-surfacing of dug up roads has already been missed by the authorities concerned. And another deadline of October 18 has also been likely to be missed as there was no progress in the road repairs. The roads were dug up for laying pipes for the sewerage project under the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project.