As highway InvITs perform well and numerous digital and technology innovations push the infrastructure sector, Private sector participation in the PPP mode can push for fast-track growth of the Indian economy, says Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways in India. The dream of the Prime Minister is to make the Indian economy $5...
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Herrenknecht has a wide and long experience as well as a lot of references in India
Tunnels play a key role in many projects, because they are very often key components on routes. Modern tunnel boring machines and construction technologies make it possible to build routes that run very close to ideal lines, bringing a real breakthrough for routes that would have been inconceivable in earlier times.
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Centre leapfrogs Uttarakhand govt on roads construction
The Central Government will directly spend about Rs.12,000 crore to rebuild roads on Char Dham and Hemkund Saheb pilgrim routes in Uttarakhand which were damaged during the 2013 floods, adversely affecting the tourism business in the state, a union government official said. The project will be completed in the next four years.
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Rationale behind HSR
An investment in HSR is typically a government decision which is primarily dependent on a number of factors, such as current and projected traffic, expected saving in time, and a reduction in accidents due to a modal shift, reduction in environmental externalities, ease in congestion in existing modes, and the average willingness of the users to pay.
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Flood-hit Uttarakhand to get Rs 18,791 cr for roads
In Uttarakhand, the State Planning Commission has proposed 99 km of all-weather roads with as many as 14 tunnels that would reduce distance and save precious time for travelers. In the state, the Himalayas are bleeding after the last June flash floods, which killed many and washed away properties.
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Tunnels to cut Jammu-Srinagar travel time by 5 hr
High speed travel from Jammu to Srinagar by road, even during harsh winter or at the height of monsoon, is possible due to building of two twin tunnels on the NH-1A.