The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been urged by the Madhya Pradesh government to resolve issues related to national highways, pending for a long time. Madhya Pradesh Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on January 28 appealed to the Prime Minister refund Rs 200 crore to the state spent by it on repairing and maintenance of national highways.
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Toll on highways may be reduced to 40% after 30-yrs
The Union Road Ministry is mulling over a proposal to reduce national highway toll to only 40 per cent of the prevailing rate after a period of 30 years. If implemented, it will bring relief to commuters traveling on national highways.
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MP faces lack of funds for road maintenance
Sources in Madhya Pradesh bureaucracy complain that inadequate funds being provided by the Centre is a main reason for bad condition of roads in the state. On the development of national highways passing through the state Centre provide megre funds for their maintenance, official sources said.
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AP’s 11 State highways to become national highways
In Andhra Pradesh, the Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways has notified/cleared 11 State roads as national highways spanning a length of 1,817 km. Of this bunch of approvals, five State roads are already notified as national highways and the rest of the six have been now cleared to be taken up as national highways.
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National Highways in Bihar need urgent repairs: Minister
ome national highways in Bihar urgently needed repair for smooth movement of long-distance vehicular traffic, the Bihar government stated on December 3. But the government blamed the Central agency, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), for not responding to the repeated request of the State government.
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‘No scheme from states to fund national highways’
The Union government has taken up development of National Highways (NHs) under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) & Non-NHDP, said the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana. He added that there is no scheme for development of NHs with funding assistance from the State Governments.
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‘No scheme from states to fund national highways’
The Union government has taken up development of National Highways (NHs) under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) & Non-NHDP, said the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana. He added that there is no scheme for development of NHs with funding assistance from the State Governments.
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Logistics need operational push
The railways sector has more scope to grow than any other transport sector. With a current length of 71,000 km, its coverage is far below what it should be for both passenger and freight traffic.
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PPP in rural roads and infra is our aim in 12th Plan
As PURA gains momentum, rural roads are set to rope in private participation through 'bundling' the contracts-mainly, involving longer clusters of roads and of allied activities.
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PM calls for transparency in awarding projects
In the wake of irregularities in allocation of natural resources and award of infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for transparency in awarding highway projects to eliminate the possibility of favouritism or ‘crony capitalism'.