The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed loan agreements worth about $605 million (around Rs 3,760 crore) for three separate projects to better rail services, power and roads in the country.
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New MCA will have four changes, including dispute resolution
BK Chaturvedi, Member of the Planning Commission of India, is in the hot seat. It was his draft of the original MCA in roads that made all the difference to PPP in roads. Now it´s time to debug that document, he tells Garima P.
Have investors been withdrawing on account of the existing Model Concession Agreement (MCA) for highways?
Quite a few people have been attacking the MCA saying that provisions need to be changed. Now that the economy is not doing well, it is easy to blame the MCA for
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Nod to projects worth Rs.1.2 lakh cr on Delhi-Mumbai corridor
Entailing an investment of Rs 1.2 lakh crore, the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Trust has approved nine projects. Industrial townships and logistic hubs are included in the projects. The Union government, state governments and private firms would fund the projects.
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Railways flouts norms in road construction in Ratlam
In Ratlam of Madhya Pradesh, the diversion road constructed on Dhoswas-Ratlam route has flouted norms and caused monetary loss to the railways, say documents procured by an RTI activist. The road has been constructed on a private land and the contractor in December 2011 flouted the approved plan for his convenience and the officials concerned in the process of the road construction.
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Indore DC asks NHAI, State officials to repair roads
In Madhya Pradesh, Indore Divisional Commissioner Sanjay Dubey on August 2 issued instructions to the officers concerned to repair roads within a week. In a meeting with officers of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and State Highway at his office, Dubey said people are facing huge inconvenience on the roads. He issued strict instructions to repair roads including Lebad-Ghata Billod road, Indore-Pithampur Road, Dhar-Manawar Road, Rajgarh-Kukshi Road and Dewas-Indore Road.
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No road connectivity to 7,000 MP villages
In Madhya Pradesh, residents of Karadia village in Sehore district fear a lot of monsoon- because heavy rain maroons the village and in absence of road connectivity it remains cut off from the mainland. Efforts by villagers to apprise local administration and elected representatives about the problem have failed to yield positive results. Like inhabitants of 7,000 villages that have no connectivity with mainland, villagers in Karadia wake up with a prayer- no one in the village should fall ill.
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GAIL’s wind power plans
GAIL (India) is planning to set up wind power projects with an aggregate capacity of 100 MW in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
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Tunnelling: The big bore
Compared with other countries like China, India has just taken baby steps. But as cities burst at the seams, more hydro projects are sanctioned in the north east and challenging rail projects are underway,
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Dozen bridges to be built in MP at Rs 46 cr
In Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh, a total of 12 major bridges will be constructed at a cost of over Rs 46 crore over the next 5-6 years. Rs six crore will be spent on construction of a bridge over Bahm river on Berasia-Garha Kalan road. While another Rs 10 crore is earmarked on another bridge on the same river on Jamusar Kalan-Kadhaiyya Shah road.
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CBM output set to rise in India
In the next two years, about 6.5 million standard cubic meters per day of coal bed methane (CBM) could be produced by Essar Oil and Reliance Industries from their respective blocks. This output is enough to generate about 1,573 mw of power, reports indicate. 1 mmscmd gas can generate 242 mw power, reports indicate