The areas facing water shortage in Sector 16 of New Gurgaon areas will get an additional water supply of 5-6 million gallons daily (mn gd) water as the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) laid 2 km long 1,200-mm water pipeline. The pipeline would facilitate additional water supply to the Sector 16 boosting station. The engineers of Huda conducted trial run for a couple of days to flush out the dirty water and clean the pipeline
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RMGL expects to commission metro rail project in June
Rapid Metrorail Gurgaon (RMGL) is about to complete work on the metro rail project in Gurgaon and it expects to commission the project in June. The project concessionaire completed work on five out of six metro stations (except Gateway Tower) and has also finished work on signaling, electrification and laying of tracks. Four of the five trains to be pressed into service have arrived at the site from
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Centre asks UT to set up SPV for metro rail project
At a review meeting, the union government asked the union territory of Chandigarh to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) on the lines of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for implementing tri-city metro rail project. The proposed project consists of two corridors – one running on a North-South axis and the other oriented East-West. From North to South the metro syst
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HUDCO allots Rs 20 bn for cities in Punjab
On the sidelines of a review meeting of Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), Punjab Local Bodies Minister Bhagat Chunni Lal informed that the corporation allotted Rs 2,000 crore for major cities in Punjab. The amount would be used for the overall development of major cities in the state. Lal presided over a meeting with HUDCO CMD VP Baligar to review various loan schemes of HUDCO for development of cities across the stat
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Odisha govt uses GIS to prepare master plan of 31 cities
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed at a conference that the state government was making use of the Geographical Information System (GIS) to prepare a Master Plan of 31 cities and towns in the state. It may be noted that master plans enable preparation and implementation of different schemes in a town. A Comprehensive Development Plan is also required for town planning and to provide basic infrastructure to
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Road work stranded due to lack of raw material
Road projects in Nashik came to a halt because of lack of availability of a key raw material, 'murum' soil, with the environment ministry yet to approve mining of stone quarrying in the district. It may be noted that the a Supreme Court (SC) order makes it mandatory to obtain environmental clearance for mining of minor minerals, even on land less than five hectare
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NMC to present Rs 23 bn budget for FY14
Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) would announce a Rs 2,539.95 crore civic budget for 2013-14 on May 14. It may be recalled that the standing committee of the civic body raised the size of the budget from the initial estimate of Rs 1,556.80 crore to Rs 2,359.95 crore. The committee revised the budget estimates by suggesting measures to increase the revenue of the civic body by Rs 803.15
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Authorities choose wrong roads for repair
Some reports criticised the Chennai Municipal Corporation and the state government for making wrong choice of roads for repair projects. Residents complain that the civic body chose good roads for repair projects while neglecting poor quality roads for such projects. For example, the civic body chose Gandhi Nagar that already has good roads and pavements
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PM wants ADB to devise novel ways for financing infrastructure
For the long-term infrastructure needs of the region, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to introduce innovative instruments. Speaking at the multilateral lending body's annual meeting in New Delhi, Singh said the ADB must find innovative ways to channelise global savings into infra
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PCMC expects BRTS project to be ready by Aug 2014
By August 2014, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) aims to complete four of its Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) projects in phases. It may be recalled that the civic body is developing four BRTS corridors, one along the Pune-Mumbai highway, the second on Aundh-Ravet, the third on Wakad-Nashik Phata and the fourth on Kalewadi Phata-Dehu Alandi road