Union Road Minister Oscar Fernandes has said that road developers in the country will not be blamed for delays in regulatory procedure but have to take responsibility for their own faults and may have to pay up to one per cent of total project cost as penalty
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Road builders may have to pay fine to exit road projects
Union Road Minister Oscar Fernandes has said that road developers in the country will not be blamed for delays in regulatory procedure but have to take responsibility for their own faults and may have to pay up to 1 per cent of total project cost as penalty for exiting. If there is any fault on the part of the concessionaire, then there will be a penalty of a maximum of one per cent, of the total project for the developer to exit the project, he said.
Minister takes rails, road to interact with commuters
Oscar Fernandes has become the Union Highways Minister at a time when the Government is less than a year away from going to the polls and highway projects are more in news due to the disputes surrounding them.
But, in the first three weeks after having taken charge, Fernandes has hit the road in a manner that few of his predecessors have. While there may be no data to support this, many in the Ministry admit he has surely clocked more kilometres on the road than his predecessors, going by the f
Road builders asked to pay fine if want to exit projects
Union Road Minister Oscar Fernandes has said that road developers will not be blamed for delays in regulatory procedure but have to take responsibility for their own faults and may have to pay up to one per cent of total project cost as penalty for exiting. If there is any fault on the part of the concessionaire, then there will be a penalty of a maximum of one per cent, of the total project for the developer to exit the project, he said.
Road connectivity in U’khand to be restored in two months
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is working towards re-linking the Uttarakhand with the rest of the country and is hopeful of providing full connectivity to the Kedarnath shrine by September, the Union department Minister Oscar Fernandes. The restoration work has started but there are stretches where the entire road has been washed out, where new roads have to be build. This may go beyond one or two months, he added.
Govt wants to build maintenance-free highways
Cement concrete roads can perform better than bituminous stretches, the New Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Oscar Fernandes has said. He has set the agenda of constructing 'maintenance free highways' and a mechanism for quick fix of potholes and damages of road stretches. The Minister has asked his officials and engineers to come out with proposals for this.
Govt wants to build maintenance-free highways
Cement concrete roads can perform better than bituminous stretches, the New Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Oscar Fernandes has said. He has set the agenda of constructing 'maintenance free highways' and a mechanism for quick fix of potholes and damages of road stretches. The Minister has asked his officials and engineers to come out with proposals for this.
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