Infrastructure
IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd today said it has won an Rs 1,687 crore project from Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) for operation and maintenance of an expressway along with a stretch of Mumbai-Pune NH 4. The company has received the letter of award for MSRDC’s project of operation and maintenance of Yashwantrao Chawan Expressway [...] Continue Reading »
Political interference continues to deter the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA)’s drive to take possession of land for the ring road project. As the civic body gears up to start construction work and take possession of land for the project after September 14, the Bagrana area near Agra road has become a cause of worry for [...] Continue Reading »
Miffed with the government‘s delay in opening the elevated road, local residents of Ajmer road on Sunday staged a protest and demanded that the road be opened by September 10, failing which they will start using road. Under the banner of People Green Party, the protestors block the road near Civil Lines junction on Sunday [...] Continue Reading »
The newly-constituted highway committee under Roads Secretary Vijay Chibber will hold its first meeting on September 13. The committee comprises representatives from the Planning Commission and the Finance Ministry. Set up in accordance with the directions of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), the new committee has been formed to give the Roads Ministry [...] Continue Reading »
With several highway projects failing to find any takers in India, the Union Government is hopeful that the stuck highway projects in the country will probably be rescued by international infrastructure firms, especially those based in China and Malaysia. Towards that end, India’s Road Transport and Highways Ministry – which is headed by Nitin Gadkari [...] Continue Reading »
Layout permissions for construction of houses and buildings in Andhra Pradesh will soon go online; with the State government having deployed the requisite GPS (global position system) solutions. The GPS solutions have been deployed by the AP government in order to ensure that layout permissions are granted within a week. The layout permissions for houses [...] Continue Reading »
The Noida Authority has decided to change the design plan for the proposed 6km elevated road on DSC road, opting to construct the support pillars using Reinforced Concrete Cement (RCC) instead of steel. The move will help to reduce the total cost of construction by Rs 100 crore, officials said. The proposed stretch, which is [...] Continue Reading »
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has completed the tendering process for constructing the estimated R245-crore creek bridge between Mankoli and Motagaon on the Ulhas creek, it said in a statement. The construction of this 1,266 metre long bridge is expected to commence soon and is slated to be complete in three years. The [...] Continue Reading »
After a decade, the Ahmedabad metro rail project is finally on track. Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) has agreed to a long-term soft loan worth Rs 5,900 crore. This will take care of funding for the first phase of construction. JICA officials concluded the final assessment of the project in July-end on various technical and [...] Continue Reading »
Technical Assessment Committee (TAC) will examine construction of six-lane Kalpi Road from Vijay Nagar crossing to Zareeb Chowki. The divisional commissioner had passed orders in this regard on Thursday, following complaints from residents. An inquiry was also ordered on quality of material used in construction of road between Vijay Nagar and Rawatpur crossing and interlocking [...] Continue Reading »
