In Maharashtra, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is to build an underpass at the busy Y-junction where Wakad Road meets Aundh-Ravet Road, which would make the junction free of traffic signals. The civic body is to spend Rs 14.27 crore on the construction of the underpass.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Varanasi roads may get a face-lift by Oct
In Uttar Pradesh, the Varanasi district administration has given the UP Jal Nigam (UPJN) a deadline of this month of September-end to complete its road digging and pipeline laying works in Varanasi city to facilitate road works to be done by Dussehra festival, which will commence from October 5.
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Contractors asked to repair re-laid roads in Chennai
The re-laid roads in the past three years in Chennai city have already been damaged. Three years is the guarantee period of the contractors concerned and the re-laid roads are damaged within the guarantee period. Residents are complaining that when the north-east monsoon arrives in the city, condition of such damaged roads would be much worse. The Chennai Corporation has asked many contractors concerned to repair the roads that have been damaged. Patullas Road, which was completed in July 2012,
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Report ready on Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial Corridor
The Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) in the Union government has completed its preparatory work for setting up a Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Corridor (ADKIC) and submitted its report to the government.
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Haryana gets green signal for major road projects
The Union government has okayed major road projects in Haryana including a six-lane flyover along the national highway-8, construction of flyover at Bahalgarh Chowk and widening of a bridge near Rasoi village in Sonepat district, said the State Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on September 18.
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Odisha to improve 2,158 km highways at Rs 3,000 cr
During the current 12th Plan period, the Odisha government has set a target to improve 2,158 km of State Highways to two-lane standards with a planned cost of Rs 3,000 crore.
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Design okayed for signal-free ride on Noida road
To ensure signal-free ride on Noida city's 4.8 km-long elevated road, the Noida Authority has approved the design, Master Plan Road-II. The elevated road is one of the city's busiest road. Thousands of commuters on the elevated road are expected to benefit from implementation of the Plan, especially those in Sectors-30, 27, 26, 25, 31, 33, 23, 52, 58 and 61. Commuters now face long snarls, especially during peak hours.
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Govt to set up panel to track progress of e’way projects
To track progress of expressway projects, the Union government is to set up a monitoring committee. The move follows when the government found lacking in multiple aspects of three road projects, which were put on fast track by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The Prime Minister's Office had taken note of this and decided to set up the panel.
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Ancient temple comes in the way of road widening project
In Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram district, the planned widening of East Coast Road has become a threat to 600-year-old Sri Sundararaja Perumal temple at Kothankulam in Kadaladi block in the district.
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Railways to build road overbridges at select level-crossings
Union Minister of Railways Mallikarjun Kharge has stated that Indian Railways has decided to construct road overbridges (RoBs) at level-crossings based on feasibility studies. The RoBs would be commissioned wherever train-vehicle unit is greater than one lakh count, he added. Kharge was in Puducherry in connection with the launch of the new Tirupati–Puducherry weekly express on September 17.