In Himachal Pradesh, infrastructure company C & C Construction has won fresh orders worth Rs 323 crore for widening of two road stretches. Himachal Pradesh Road and Other Infrastructure Development Corporation (HPROIDC) has entrusted the orders to the company, the company stated on October 10.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Kerala to launch ferry services for passengers
To launch ferry services for passengers between its capital Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode through the marine highway, the Kerala Government is to buy four high-speed catamarans. It has sanctioned Rs 3 crore to form the Coastal Shipping Promotion Fund to extend financial aid to ferry operators.
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Eastern Freeway in Mumbai to get another flyover
The Eastern Freeway in Mumbai has been very useful to commuters, but it has also added to the bottleneck at Panjrapole junction in Chembur. To avoid this, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) now plans to ease the congestion at Panjrapole junction in Chembur by building an additional flyover.
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Odisha to extend road in Maoist-hit Koraput
To improve road network in Maoist-hit areas in the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border, the Odisha government has planned to convert the single-lane State highway (SH-51), connecting Laxmipur in Koraput district and Andhra Pradesh border, to double lane.
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Odisha to get Rs 1,493 cr for rural roads
Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), 881 rural road projects of 2,982 km length worth Rs 1,493 crore have been sanctioned to Odisha by the Union government. This was disclosed by the Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh in a letter to the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
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BBMP to widen two main roads in Blore
Two main roads-Bannerghatta road and Goods Shed Road in Bangalore are going to be widened. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has taken up work on the two roads on a priority basis and has hastened land acquisition process for the purpose.
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Centre okays Rs 1,756 cr worth h’way project in Gujarat
In Gujarat, Rs 1,756 crore worth 209.89 km Gadu-Dwarka section of National Highway-8E road project has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). The project is to upgrade the highway into four/two laning under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase IV.
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Nagpur Mayor insists for road repairs before Diwali
Nagpur Mayor Anil Sole has taken the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) officials to a task at a review meeting and threatened them that he would complete road repair works with the help of citizens if the officials fail to complete the job at the earliest.
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Rajasthan to form squads to check road works
In Rajasthan, the State Public Works Department (PWD) has decided to form flying squads to inspect the quality of road works in the state. A total of 10 flying squads will be formed. These teams will check to conform the roads made as per the norms laid down for quality control.
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Rescheduling for road projects cleared
The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has cleared premium rescheduling of road projects (means, postponement of premium payments by highway developers) and referred the matter to a panel for fine-tuning. The move could help infrastructure majors such as GMR and GVK whose projects were facing delays on account of high premium.