Highway developers have filed for claims amounting to over Rs 20,000 crore to road projects before various courts and arbitration tribunals across the country.
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New Legal Adviser at Chennai Port
Union Shipping Ministry has appointed M Palanimuthu as the Legal Adviser to the Chennai Port Trust. According to an official release, Palanimuthu.
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No cancellation of toll on Jaipur h’way stretch: NHAI
Proposal to suspend toll on the Gurgaon-Jaipur stretch of NH-8 till the completion of widening of the highway was turned down by the board of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on October 22.
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Work on Panipat-Jalandhar h’way delayed
Though the toll rates on Panipat-Jalandhar highway have been hiked for the road users, widening work on the highway has been delayed and the concessionaire company is badly maintaining it, forcing the motorists to face hardhips.
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Focusing on land owner
The lease provision in the new Bill and assessing local stakeholders will go a long way in making land acquisition smoother, Saji Gopinath says. Considering the escalation of cost of entire project happening due to this delay in acquisition and ensuing costly legal procedures
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Govt to shift locals to pave way for pending project work
West Bengal government decided to shift 35 tenants and eight landlords to makeshift houses at the ground adjacent to Bidyadhari School in Duttabad in order to complete the remaining work on the elevated East-West Metro project. Owing to issue on rehabilitation of residents, the construction of 5.77-km elevated part of the 14.58 km corridor between Howrah Maidan and Nabadiganta Tow
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Govt completes major part of East-West Corridor project
Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana spoke about the status of the East - West Corridor project in Lok Sabha recently. He said the four laning of the entire length of East - West Corridor has been completed except 195 km under implementation and 232 km balance for award. Main reasons for delays are land acquisition & forest clearance. About Rs 27,000 crore has been incurred on Eas
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Foundation stone for Rs 33 bn worth projects laid in UP
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav laid foundation stone for infrastructural projects worth over Rs 3,300 crore. These include Rs 2,200 crore roads and bridges projects, besides power transmission and distribution projects worth over Rs 1,100 crore. Speaking to reporters after laying foundation, Yadav promised that his government would go full throttle in
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NHAI circulates qualification list of road developers
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. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has recently circulated the annual qualification list for 2013 for 61 bidders, including five for which the results were withheld primarily for some
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PPP policy must aim to allot risks optimally
Experts feel that the objective of the public private partnership (PPP) policy of the government should be to share the project risks optimally, rather than transfer them wholesale to the private sector. Experts and policy makers are debating the fate of PPP projects in the country in the wake of some private contractors exiting key infrastructure contracts like metro rail, highway etc