Agency reports suggest that the union road ministry may not be able to award 9,500 km of projects, as was targeted, by the end of 2012-13 because several reasons like delays in environment clearances. Between Apr-Dec 2012, the ministry could award contracts for only 1,100 km of road projects. The main fact
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NHAI open to out of court settlement with green min
Reports suggest that National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is open for an out-of-court settlement on the issue of de-linking environment clearances from forest if the environment ministry agrees. In a petition filed at the Supreme Court, NHAI called for delinking of environment approval from forest clearance to hasten highway development
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NHAI may sue environment ministry for delaying nod to projects
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is considering to drag union environment ministry to the court because of delay in granting environment clearance for road projects. It may be noted that recently road developer GMR Infrastructure withdrew from the contract to develop a meg
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Centre upgrades 6 highways in AP to national highways
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy thanked the central government for upgrading six state highways in the state into national highways. The six highways are Naidupeta-Renigunta; Sangareddy-Nanded-Akola; Mydukur-Gooty; Rayachoti-Kurabalakota; Hyderabad-Srisailam-Thokapalle and a stret
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Odisha govt proposes port connectivity projects
Odisha government proposed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to upgrade road connectivity to six non-major ports in Astarang, Baliharchandi, Gopalpur, Dhamra, Chudamani and Subarnarekha. It may be recalled that in February 2012, the Odisha government awarded the contract for feasibility studies for four-lane connectivity to these non-major ports to two cons
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Panel selects consultant for expressway project
The consultant evaluation committee for the greenfield six lane access controlled Agra to Lucknow expressway project has finalised consultant for the project. At a meeting headed by Infrastructure & Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC) Anil K Gupta, the com
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NHAI gives more time to secure funding for highway project
Owing to delay in securing statutory clearances, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) allowed the concessionaire of the Kota-Jhalawar highway project in Rajasthan to take more time for financial closure. The lenders of the highway project asked for all the clearance to be on the safer side. The approvals from seve
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MBL to tie up funds for Rs 5 bn highway project
A recent report by CRISIL Research shows that MBL Infrastructures (MBL) may attain financial closure for its over Rs 500 crore Bikaner–Suratgarh highway widening project during Jan-Mar 2013. The company was earlier awarded the project for Developing and Operation of Bikaner–Suratgarh Section of NH–15 in Rajasthan by the state government. The project has been awarded to the consortium led by MBL
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Airport road in Nagpur to be repaired soon
In Nagpur, the road to the city airport is in a dilapidated condition. The road belongs to airport operator MIHAN India (MIL) that is also responsible for maintaining it.
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Road construction sector on the path of recovery
Industry players feel that the road construction sector is on the path to recovery with the government announcing new norms for road development. It is learnt that the improvement in the project award and execution has caused a sudden surge in demand for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines and construction