Construction
Kolkata- A large portion of Ultadanga flyover in the city collapsed on Sunday early morning crushing down a truck below and severely injuring three people. The bridge was about 200 metres in length. An entire portion of it collapsed into a canal below. Fortunately, the incident took place at around 4.30 am in the morning [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi- Land acquisition for Thammanam-Pullepady road widening project seems to start shortly with the Kochi Corporation planning to issue the preliminary notification. Revenue department has been issued directions to speed up procedures for issuing a preliminary or 4 (1) notification. The project requires around 20 acres of land for road widening as well as rehabilitation [...] Continue Reading »
Noida Authority has got the design for double U-turn on the road running in front of Sector 15A approved in order to provide a signal-free corridor and streamlining traffic flow between Delhi and the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. This proposal was floating in water for the last two months over the issue of felling of 60 trees [...] Continue Reading »
The Dhanvantri Road, which connects many key roads, has turned in to a mess due to the ongoing widening work and bustling commercial activities on the road. Commuters, mainly motorists, are finding it difficult to ride on this busy road because of the random parking of vehicles on either side of the road. Residents having two-wheelers [...] Continue Reading »
With the infrastructure development booming in Mumbai, the apex financial institute, World Bank shows interest in financing two mega projects in Mumbai. The projects include the Virar-Alibaug road-rail corridor and the development of 12 urban growth centres as satellite cities of Mumbai. The growth centres are planned in distant suburbs of Mumbai such as Kalyan, [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi- Delhi Metro is planning to construct its deepest tunnel with 29 metres depth which will pass under an existing metro line. According to the plan, the 37 km long stretch starting from Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden in Noida will pass below the existing Hauz Khas station and have a station at a depth [...] Continue Reading »
The construction sector in the past 2-3 years has been witnessing order inflows with land acquisition and policy paralysis issues being the key factors. It is expected that the upcoming Budget will usher in solutions in terms of allocation across segments like roads, urban infra, irrigation, power and so on. The realty industry expects that [...] Continue Reading »
Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation blames that the developers and contractors who involved in the housing for slum-dwellers welfare programme in Thane have reaped huge profits. The JNNURM-funded Basic Services for Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme in Thane, was launched six years ago in order to provide near-free housing for the poor in areas like Tulsidham, [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai – The Chennai Corporation has initiated to use the Development Rights Certificate (DRC) to make the implementation of road-widening projects easier. The civic body council recommended to issue DRC’s to those property owners who will be affected by the road widening project. Few roads included in road widening project are VOC Road in George [...] Continue Reading »
Bhubaneswar- Over 100 illegal structures in Bhubaneswar has been listed by the Orissa government for demolition. Housing and urban development minister, Raghunath Mohanty, in a written reply to an MLA’s query has told that the government has already issued demolition orders against 139 illegal buildings in Bhubaneswar. These structures were reportedly blocking flow of rainwater creating flash-floods during monsoons. [...] Continue Reading »
