As India´s urban population goes up from 26 to 51 per cent in a decade, the need for upgrading urban infrastructure is most acute here. China has caught up in the past six years. Indian infra requirements include budget housing, road infrastructure, bridges, flyovers and underpasses to connect small towns to cities and then to the metros.
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In a 100m-dash, roads and rail are about 40m ahead and you are still putting more into them.
Amitabh Verma, Chairman, Indian Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), tells Rouhan Sharma India has no option but to develop its waterways infrastructure to keep pace with the needs of a growing population and a developing economy.
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Cost of 6 flyovers up by 2.5 times in a year
The six flyovers planned by NHAI in Nagpur will go a great way in reducing traffic congestion but they will come at a huge cost
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Transport planning central to urban planning
At a time when urban mobility has emerged as a major concern and the Central government is set to launch new initiatives for building 100 smart cities and renewal of 500 cities and towns, a conference of planners, experts and other stakeholders have opined that Metro rail transport, building more roads, flyovers, elevated highways etc.,
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Delay in flyover construction bothers commuters
To ease traffic snarls in Bangalore, flyovers and ring roads have been built and are being built in several areas. But prolonged delays in building some flyovers like the ones at Thanisandra, BEL Circle in the city have been causing hardships.
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Bhubaneswar to get 3 flyovers at Rs 140 cr
To tide over the traffic snarls in Bhubaneswar, the Odisha government has decided to construct three more flyovers at a cost of Rs 140 crore at Housing Board Square, Nalco Square and Damana Square. While the flyover at Housing Board Square would be built at a cost of nearly Rs 74 crore, the overbridges at Nalco Square and Damana would be commissioned at around Rs 66 crore each.
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Navi Mumbai’s two key roads to get flyovers
The Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) will construct flyovers on Palm Beach Road and Thane-Belapur Road in Navi Mumbai to decongest traffic on the two main roads. This was stated by the Maharashtra State Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.
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Kerala govt to build 22 new roads
The Kerala State Cabinet on June 12 gave its approval to an ambitious project to develop 22 new roads/flyovers in various parts of the state and the State capital Thiruvananthapuram. Flyovers will be built at Palarivattom, Vytilla and Kundanoor on the Edapally-Aroor stretch of the National Highway and at Kalamaserry Apollo junction, as part of the project. The Cabinet also sanctioned Rs 5 crore to the Horticulture Department for intervening in the open market to contain the rise in prices of ess
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Kerala govt to decide on Kochi flyovers within a fortnight
The Kerala government will soon decide on constructing flyovers at the extremely congested Vyttila, Palarivattom and Kundanoor junctions in Kochi city, the State Minister for Public Works VK Ebrahim Kunju said on May 27. The State Cabinet will decide it within a fortnight. As for the Edappally flyover, the DMRC is expected to begin work within four months and complete it within 18 months, he said, following a PWD review meeting held in Kochi on May 27.
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Work incomplete on several bridges in Chennai
Media reports say that work on several bridges and flyovers in Chennai is incomplete and and in a few cases like Rettai Eri junction and Korattur railway level crossing, where a new bridge and a subway were announced in 2010, are yet to begin. Chennai Corporation, Southern Railway and State highways are the three major players involved in executing these projects and almost all bridge work in Chennai are running behind schedule.
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