In Uttarakhand, it will take at least 3-4 months to rebuild highways damaged by the recent floods. All national and state highways in the Garhwal region have been damaged with road-owing agencies reporting at least 100 stretches impacted by landslides, breaches or submergence. Several bailey bridges and steel girder bridges have also been washed away.
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Union govt to award 380 km of road projects in naxal areas
By the end of 2013, union government would award road projects totaling a length of 380 km in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) areas spanning five states. The projects would benefit Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha
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Govt almost completes golden quadrilateral project
Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana informed Lok Sabha that the entire length of Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) has been completed, except 110 metre. The North - South and East - West Corridor has also been completed, except 636 km under implementation and 372 km to be
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Nod to develop 471 km highways at Rs 4,618 cr
Four proposals to widen a total of 471 km of highways have been approved by the Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs. The proposed road works require an investment of Rs 4,618 crore. The projects are Jabalpur-Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Demow-Bogibil, Jorhat-Demow and Numaligarh-Jorhat.
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UP strives to develop road infrastructure
The major focus of the Uttar Pradesh government has been on developing the state's infrastructure, particularly in rural areas. This included construction of roads, highways, flyovers and railway overbridges in various districts.
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3,000 km of highways to be built via EPC deals
The Union Road Transport Ministry is confident of meeting the government's Budget proposal to develop 3,000 km of highways in the first six months of 2013-14, a sharp scale-down from this year's target of 8,880 km target, around one-sixth of which has been met so far.
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NHAI to expanded h’ways in Vizag into six lanes
In Visakhapatnam, traffic jams on arterial roads will become a thing of the past once National Highways Authority of IndiaÂ’s (NHAI) ambitious plan to expand highways into six lanes at a cost of Rs 863 crore becomes a reality.
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Govt can’t award 4,000 km highways on EPC mode this fiscal
The Union government has stated that it won't be able to award 4,000 km of highways on 100 per cent government funding mode known as engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) during this fiscal. The Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry was pinning its hope in these contracts to push its performance this year, at a time when private investors are showing no interest.
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Govt can’t award 4,000 km highways on EPC mode this fiscal
The Union government has stated that it won't be able to award 4,000 km of highways on 100 per cent government funding mode known as engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) during this fiscal. The Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry was pinning its hope in these contracts to push its performance this year, at a time when private investors are showing no interest.
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Govt can’t award 4,000 km highways on EPC mode this fiscal
The Union government has stated that it won't be able to award 4,000 km of highways on 100 per cent government funding mode known as engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) during this fiscal. The Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry was pinning its hope in these contracts to push its performance this year, at a time when private investors are showing no interest.