To make it easier for passengers to reach the Dabri Mor Metro station, Delhi, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to construct a subway across the busy Pankha Road in west Delhi, say media reports.
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Set realistic road building targets: NHAI chief tells govt
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Chairman RP Singh said in Delhi on January 17 that there is not enough capacity in the system to construct 7,000-8,000 km of highways every year, that too on public-private partnership (PPP) basis. He said that the government should set a more realistic target on road construction of about 3,000-4,000 km a year.
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Delhi govt seeks more central govt funds
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit requested the central government to increase the size of grant to the state considering its huge expenditure on development of infrastructure and implementation of schemes through the direct cash transfer scheme. She said 65 per cent of the state government's budget is allocated to social sector schemes
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State govts clear Rs 200 bn expressway project
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister CP Joshi informed media persons that Delhi, Punjab and Haryana governments agreed to construct a 357 km Delhi-Ludhiana Expressway at an investment of Rs 20,000 crore. This would be a six-lane expressway between Ludhiana and the national capital and the route map for this would be finalised by next month, the minister
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2G Auction Base Price Slashed
The panel of ministers on spectrum has reduced the base price for unsold airwaves in four regions Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka and Rajasthan - by 30 per cent, and approved the telecom departmentÂ’s plan to simultaneously sell these airwaves along with a portion of spectrum held by incumbent operators before March 31, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said
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State oil firms to bear additional burden
State-run petroleum companies may share additional financial burden of the Delhi government's ambitious scheme to provide Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) connection to poor people. The state government initiated Kerosene Free Delhi Scheme to replace completely kerosene used by BPL or Antyodaya families for cooking purposes with
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Govt told to file documents on land allotment to DIAL
The Delhi High Court, hearing a petition alleging land allotment at a throwaway price to private operator Delhi International Airport (DIAL) for the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on October 31 asked the Union Government to submit documents related to the allotment of land.
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The key differentiator between completion and excellence
Which do we prefer—that projects are systematically completed in time within costs, or that they thrive under a bright leader who can transform it beyond what it is meant to be?
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To a grinding halt!
The first PPP metro rail to be operational in India vindicates what some top experts have said all along as technical faults and financial difficulties have put a spanner in the works of what should have been a shining example.
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Alstom to build transmission line for Power Grid
A contract for Rs 2,800 crore from state-run Power Grid Corporation has been bagged by Alstom to build a 1,365-km transmission line from Chhattisgarh to Haryana