Suratgarh Bikaner Toll Road Company, which is a subsidiary of MBL Infrastructures, achieved financial closure for two laning of Bikaner-Suratgarh section in national highway (NH)-15 in Rajasthan. The company would execute the project on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis. A consortium of five public sector banks agreed to provide debt for the project. MBL Infrastructure has both engineering, procurement and construction and build-oper
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Kerala govt begins work on Rs 20 bn corridor project
Work on the Rs 2,000 crore coastal corridor project to link Vallarpadam with Kozhikode in Kerala began with the state Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurating it recently. The corridor is expected to bring about tremendous development to the coastal belt and it involves upgradation of the existing Tipu Sultan Road
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GVK may seek recast of premium payment for 330 km project
GVK Power & Infrastructure may request National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to reschedule its premium payment for a highway project in Madhya Pradesh. Media reports suggest that the company may submit a proposal to the NHAI on the lines of infrastructure major GMR Infrastructure
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Govt takes steps to accelerate award of road projects
The central government is reportedly taking steps to accelerate award of road projects under public private partnership (PPP) model. As part of this move, the union finance ministry plans to streamline the approval process for road projects, in line with the suggestion of the ministry of road transport and highways
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Govt takes steps to accelerate award of road projects
The central government is reportedly taking steps to accelerate award of road projects under public private partnership (PPP) model. As part of this move, the union finance ministry plans to streamline the approval process for road projects, in line with the suggestion of the ministry of road transport and highways
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Cabinet clears Rs 46 bn worth highway projects
The Rs 2,686 crore Jabalpur-Bhopal road widening project in Madhya Pradesh received the approval of the Cabinet Committee for Economic Affairs recently. The 294-km road project would be taken up on a build-operate-transfer – (BOT-toll) basis. This means the project developer will invest in widening the road and collect toll revenues over the concession period. This is one of the four road widening projects involving a total of 471 km of highways and cumulatively worth Rs 4,61
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NHAI wants CAG to advise on changing concession agreement
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has sought advice from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on how to modify the concession agreement for the stalled project to widen the Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad highway to six lanes. NHAI Chairman RP Singh wrote a letter to CAG Vinod Rai asking the latter to deliberate on modification of th
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World Bank approves Rs 3.7 bn project
The Rs 373 crore Cuttack-Chandabali Road project, which is one of the biggest road projects to be implemented in Odisha, received approval from the World Bank. For a long time, Odisha government was pursuing the clearance of the road project with the centre and the World Bank
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Apex court allows work on road projects with only green nod
In a move that may benefit 25 road projects, the Supreme Court clarified that road developers can begin work on a project once it gets environment clearance, irrespective of whether forest clearance is granted or not. The court clarified this while hearing a case involving Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and road regulator National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). In the
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Ministry may fail to meet road project award target
Union Road Minister CP Joshi informed a news agency that the ministry cannot attain the target of awarding 9,500 km highways projects in 2012-13 because of several issues. The main issue cited by the minister for missing the target is the impediments in financial closure. Road devel