For widening highways and inter-city roads running through Punjab, the State government would spend to the tune of Rs 13,740 crore over the coming two years, the state government said on July 11.
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Mosque panel to negotiate on road widening in Hyd
As the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is firm on widening the road Road No 2, Banjara Hills in the city, the Green Mosque (Masjid-e-Hussaini) committee has finally decided to negotiate with the GHMC. Masjid-e-Hussaini muthawali Syed Shah Yusuf Hussaini had written a letter to the GHMC commissioner on June 18 requesting that the notice inviting their objection to the taking over of the land be kept in abeyance for two to three weeks as the matter (to part with the land for road wi
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Congested Bemina road in Srinagar needs widening
The congested Bemina road in Srinagar awaits widening, despite inconvenience being faced by thousands of commuters, who everyday bear traffic snarls on the motorway. According to residents, the vital link spanning over 2-km – between Bemina Degree college and Bemina highway squares, has been neglected by successive regimes. This is despite the fact that the road is a key link to around 50 government offices visited by thousands everyday in the area.
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Cabinet takes steps to expedite highway projects
In a move that may expedite implementation of highway projects in the country, the union cabinet waived environmental approval for highway projects up to 100 km in length. The government so far waives green nod for highway construction up to 30 km. This has led to huge delay in the implementation of several projects. Following the relaxation of norms, at least 70 percent of projects to be awarded this year under the engi
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Manipur’s Uripok-Kangchup road to be widened
The Manipur government is preparing to widen the Uripok Kangchup road. The widening of the road will be started from Uripok Sorbon Thingen to Iroishemba Chingjin and its breadth would be approximately 15 metres, the State Works Minister, Kh Ratankumar Singh said in the State Legislative Assembly on June 27. He said that necessary demarcation works has been started although no contractor has entrusted widening of the road.
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Govt to study widening of Mysore-Bangalore highway
The Karnataka government is considering widening the 140 km Mysore–Bangalore stretch into six-lane owing to the high density of traffic on the highway, Minister for Public Works HC Mahadevappa has said. The traffic volume on the highway soared on holidays, with the density being nearly 70,000 passenger car units a day.
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Work halts on NH-47 in TN-Kerala area
Due to fund shortage of a private road developer widening of the Chengapalli-Neelambur six-lane project and the Madukkarai-Walayar four-lane project have run into rough weather yet again. Residents now have to wait longer for a comfortable drive from Coimbatore to places like Erode and Palakkad. The widening of NH-47 from Chengapalli to Neelambur and from Madukkarai to Walayar has come to a grinding halt owing to fund constraints of the private contractor.
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Highway dept to widen road for Rs 98 cr
The Tamil Nadu Highways Department would carry out a Rs 98 crore project to widen a 22-km stretch of the Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road into four lanes. Once completed, the width of the section, between Padi and Thiruninravur, will increase from 10-12 metre to 20 metre. The department is expediting the demarcation of boundaries for the project, which remained on papers for sev
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Highway dept to widen road for Rs 98 cr
The Tamil Nadu Highways Department would carry out a Rs 98 crore project to widen a 22-km stretch of the Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road into four lanes. Once completed, the width of the section, between Padi and Thiruninravur, will increase from 10-12 metre to 20 metre. The department is expediting the demarcation of boundaries for the project, which remained on papers for sev
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CCEA clears Rs 31 bn highway widening project
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared a Rs 3,120 crore project for four-laning of the 155 km Hoshpukur-Falakata-Salsalabari section of National Highway-31D in West Bengal. The project cost includes the cost of Rs 907.60 crore towards land acquisition, re-settlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. The districts of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Coochbihar in West Bengal are cove