The union government decided to upgrade the roads already built for village connectivity under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) phase I. The roads would be upgraded under the phase II of the ambitious scheme. Meanwhile, the centre will continue the pending work on the phase I of PMGSY. The union cabinet recently cleared the plan of the Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh to introduce the
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Delhi architects plan road project
Delhi-based Ashok B Lall architects designed the Aap Ki Sadak project to pedestrianize and provide last-mile connectivity in some parts of Malviya Nagar. The project is funded by the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, started in March last year. The foundation has taken the views of residents over the last few months and developed a number of models for mak
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Delhi architects plan road project
Delhi-based Ashok B Lall architects designed the Aap Ki Sadak project to pedestrianize and provide last-mile connectivity in some parts of Malviya Nagar. The project is funded by the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, started in March last year. The foundation has taken the views of residents over the last few months and developed a number of models for mak
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Highway dept to widen road for Rs 98 cr
The Tamil Nadu Highways Department would carry out a Rs 98 crore project to widen a 22-km stretch of the Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road into four lanes. Once completed, the width of the section, between Padi and Thiruninravur, will increase from 10-12 metre to 20 metre. The department is expediting the demarcation of boundaries for the project, which remained on papers for sev
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Highway dept to widen road for Rs 98 cr
The Tamil Nadu Highways Department would carry out a Rs 98 crore project to widen a 22-km stretch of the Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road into four lanes. Once completed, the width of the section, between Padi and Thiruninravur, will increase from 10-12 metre to 20 metre. The department is expediting the demarcation of boundaries for the project, which remained on papers for sev
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DGH calls for review of DoC for RIL’s block
Media reports suggest that the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) asked the union oil ministry to convene a meeting of the Management Committee (MC) to review the Declaration of Commerciality (DoC) for D-35 block. The block, which is also named CY-DWN-2001/2 block, was discovered by Reliance Industries (RIL) in 2007
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Firms await outcome of EGoM meet on gas allocation
Industry players are awaiting the outcome of the impending meeting of the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) to discuss the allocation and pricing of natural gas. During the meeting, the ministerial panel would discuss two separate proposals, one for raising prices of gas produced by blocks auctioned under new exploration licensing policy (Nelp) and the other for allocation of gas prod
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Task force recommends projects worth over Rs 100 bn
The Odisha government's State Level Task Force on Steel recommended approval for investment proposals worth over Rs 10,000 crore in the steel sector. In a recent meeting, the task force decided that the investment would be approved by the Single Window Clearance Committee (SWLC) headed by Chief secretary
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Tata Steel to reline blast furnace in UK plant
Tata Steel plans to reline the Queen Anne blast furnace at its Scunthorpe, UK, plant at a cost of $77 million, or over Rs 400 crore. The project may be completed before the plantÂ’s 60th anniversary in April 2014. Relining will raise efficiency and capacity of the furnace as it involves replacement of the brick and refractory lining, replacement of copper mantle plates and copper stack cooling plates
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Petronet holds talks on Rs 6 bn LNG terminal project
Petronet LNG is said to be holding early stage discussion with the Andaman and Nicobar administration for setting up its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal outside mainland India. The proposed mini-LNG terminal, which may cost about Rs 600 crore, may have an initial capacity of slightly over 0.5 million tonnes (mn t) and this would prim