Bangalore city roads will get a face-lift at a cost of Rs 908 crore in the next few months, said the Chief Minister SiddarĆĀamaiah. He stated this after laying the foundation stone for a grade separator on West of Chord Road in the city.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Road connectivity key to far flung areas: Minister
Jammu and Kshmir Minister for Roads and Buildings Abdul Majid Wani, during his recent visit to Behota and Lal Draman, has said that road connectivity is essential for development of all other sectors including tourism sector and the State government is committed for providing road connectivity to rural, far flung and hither to other unconnected areas of the State.
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NGO plans green fence to Mumbai-Pune E’way
To form a fencing with trees to the busiest 93 km Mumbai-Pune express highway, a Mumbai-based non-governmental organisation, Fulora Foundation is to plant 1.5 lakh trees. The objective of the tree planting is to form a fence to the highway, on which the number of accidents were rising in recent times, say media reports.
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Minister declines to comment on h’way premium rescheduling
Union Road Minister Oscar Fernandes has declined to comment on the government permitting premium rescheduling for highways projects after two days the Cabinet took a decision on permitting premium rescheduling for highways projects.
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Traffic signages in BRT corridors in PCMC limits
In Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) limits, traffic sign boards and other road safety works will be installed soon on two Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors Nigdi-Dapodi and Sangvi-Kivale by January next year.
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C & C Construction bags Rs 323 cr road contracts
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.
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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.