The Union government will provide financial assistance to develop roads linking rural habitations and in Naxalites affected districts in Andhra Pradesh. Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh informed the State Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy that Union Cabinet took important decisions regarding Prime Minister Grameena Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Andhra Pradesh during meeting held on February 7.
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AP to get 6,597 km rural roads under PMGSY
The Union government will provide financial assistance to develop roads linking rural habitations and in Naxalites affected districts in Andhra Pradesh. Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh informed the State Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy that Union Cabinet took important decisions regarding Prime Minister Grameena Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Andhra Pradesh during meeting held on February 7.
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New Delhi’s roads getting a facelift
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has been giving special treatment to its roads, especially to strengthen and improve durability of the roads. The civic body is now protecting roads falling under its jurisdiction by doing 'micro-surfacing treatment' as per road-wise suitability.
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Govt may not able to award 9,500 km projects by Mar
The Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry is unlikely to meet the target of awarding contracts for developing 9,500 km of roads by March end in view of the economic slowdown and delays in environment clearances.
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Manipur attributes delay in road works to bandhs
In Manipur, the delay in the development of roads was due to financial crunch, bandh, blockade and technically unavoidable circumstances faced by the department concerned, said the State Works Minister Kh Ratankumar.
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Micro-surfacing of Dehradun city roads starts
To provide pothole free and smooth roads to Dehradun commuters, the State Public Works Department (PWD) has started doing micro surfacing on the city roads. Since the mercury is favourable during day time, department is facing no problem to complete the ongoing work on time.
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MP takes up state-wide road repairs
Madhya Pradesh Public Works Department is taking all efforts to improve the condition of roads in the state and complete the ongoing repairing works of roads without any delay and compromise on quality. The act is on by keeping in view of the assembly election scheduled at the end of this year.
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Rajasthan to get nod for Rs 4,355 cr road project
For Rajasthan, the Union Government is likely to approve a Rs 4,355 crore project for construction of 1,300 km roads, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways C P Joshi said on November 18. The construction of 1,869-km long roads in the state was completed at a cost of Rs 12,000 crore and work on an additional 1,243-km is underway, he said at a function in Jaipur.
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GMR says bad times are over for its airport biz
In this fiscal, GMR Infrastructure is hopeful of registering decent growth in its airport vertical. The company which operates in three business segments including power, roads and airport incurred a loss of Rs 179 crore in the September quarter, up around four fold, YoY due to poor show from its power and airport segments.
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NHAI meets 6% road contracts target till Oct
The Union government would target construction of 17,000 km of roads over the next two years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on November 3.