Of the total plan outlay of Rs 69,200 crore for Uttar Pradesh in 2013-14, the state government plans to spend more than 20 per cent on upgrading economic infrastructure.
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Assam to have longest bridge
Assam is going to have India's longest bridge across the mighty Brahmaputra at Bogibeel in Assam is not only expected to be a lifeline for the northeast, but will also strengthen the country's security.
More bridges in Orissa
In Orissa, the state government would build 200 more bridges in the state at a cost of Rs 700 crore in this current fiscal. The government announced that the bridges would be built under the Biju Setu Yojana.
JK mulls road projects
Jammu and Kashmir government has proposed 16 vital road projects before the Union government under the centrally sponsored scheme, Central Road Fund (CRF) for 2013-14.
NHAI circulates list
Larsen and Toubro Infrastructure Development Projects, Leighton Welspun Contractors, Uniquest Infra Ventures, Reliance Infrastructure, have emerged as developers who can bid for largest national highway projects.
L&T bags Rs 8,250-cr order from Saudi Arabia
L&T Construction's Heavy Civil Infrastructure Business has bagged a contract worth $1.403 billion (Rs 8,250 crore) from Riyadh Development Authority for a metro project in Saudi Arabia.
Infra projects in North East
Planning Commission was directed to convene a meeting of all the chief ministers of the north-eastern states to expedite key infrastructure projects. The meeting is intended to improve inter-state coordination for speedy completion of the projects.
Road builders to pay fine to exit projects
Union Road Minister Oscar Fernandes has said that road developers in the country will not be blamed for delays in regulatory procedure but have to take responsibility for their own faults and may have to pay up to one per cent of total project cost as penalty
MoEF nod to Navi Mumbai airport
A panel of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given the 'green signal' for the Navi Mumbai international airport project. With this, Mumbai may finally get its new airport now.
India-Bangladesh rail work soon
India and Bangladesh will work on a new rail link between the two countries along Tripura to ease surface transport in the mountainous north-eastern states. The work would start this year, officials of the two countries said in Agartala recently.

