Suratgarh Bikaner Toll Road Company, which is a subsidiary of MBL Infrastructures, achieved financial closure for two laning of Bikaner-Suratgarh section in national highway (NH)-15 in Rajasthan. The company would execute the project on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis. A consortium of five public sector banks agreed to provide debt for the project. MBL Infrastructure has both engineering, procurement and construction and build-oper
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NHAI yet to be handed over land for road widening
In Kerala, more than Rs 20 crore has gone to waste in the name of land acquisition for widening of the Thiruvananthapuram-Cherthala stretch of NH 47. While the second deadline for the land acquisition notification lapsed last month, no land has been handed over to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for widening the highway.
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Cabinet clears Rs 46 bn worth highway projects
The Rs 2,686 crore Jabalpur-Bhopal road widening project in Madhya Pradesh received the approval of the Cabinet Committee for Economic Affairs recently. The 294-km road project would be taken up on a build-operate-transfer – (BOT-toll) basis. This means the project developer will invest in widening the road and collect toll revenues over the concession period. This is one of the four road widening projects involving a total of 471 km of highways and cumulatively worth Rs 4,61
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Srinagar’s Pantha Chowk-Sempora road to be widened
Srinagar District Development Commissioner Farooq Ahmad Shah on April 1 convened a meeting of officers for the immediate widening of National Highway from Pantha Chowk to Sempora in Srinagar. Discussions were held for expediting the widening of National highway at Pantha Chowk besides the removal of encroachments and other bottle necks including popular trees and shifting of utilities across the road.
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Sadbhav bags Rs 382-cr NHAI order in TN
For widening of an 80-km stretch of NH-210 in Tamil Nadu, Sadbhav Engineering on March 20 stated that it has bagged a Rs 382-crore order from NHAI. The company has been declared the successful bidder in respect of the bid invited by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the Ahmedabad-based firm said in a BSE filing.
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Centre okays Rs 732 cr h’way widening project in Odisha
For widening of a section of National Highway 200 in Odisha under National Highways Development Project (NHDP) the Union government on March 7 approved a fund of Rs 732 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the implementation of the development of four laning of Bhuban-Dubari-Chandikhole section of National Highway-200 in Odisha under the NHDP Phase III on Design, Build, Finance Operate and Transfer basis in Build-Operate-Transfer (Toll) mode of delivery, an official stat
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Widening of Chennai’s Poonamallee High Road in progress
The Tamil Nadu Highways Department is presently widening a small but crucial portion of Poonamallee High Road near Aminjikarai. The 300-metre stretch is a major bottleneck as the road, which is broad in most places, suddenly narrows down in this part to a single-lane facility. Residents and shopkeepers in the locality said traffic was sluggish on this stretch during rush hour.
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Kochi’s Banerji Road widening work from Feb 18
Widening of the Banerji Road in Kochi city will be taken up by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on February 18 as part of the next phase of preparatory works for Kochi Metro. The contractors engaged for the road work have already started mobilising resources required to execute the work.
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Kochi’s Banerji Road widening work from Feb 18
Widening of the Banerji Road in Kochi city will be taken up by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on February 18 as part of the next phase of preparatory works for Kochi Metro. The contractors engaged for the road work have already started mobilising resources required to execute the work.
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Nashik’s roads to be repaired before monsoon
Nashik's roads are going to be repaired. The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has accelerated 19 road works across the city to be ready for the monsoon which is more than three months away. Bids have been invited to undertake various roads works amounting to Rs 14 crore. The work includes widening, resurfacing, tarring and macadamisation.