Infrastructure
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has announced setting up of a regulator for roads in the new Union Budget is a blessing in disguise for the Indian highway sector. According to experts, now the highway sector will have a regulator to resolve the issues. Many disputes have gone to the court due to the absence of [...] Continue Reading »
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 »
Pune metro rail project has finally got a budget of Rs 10 crore in the Union Budget which was announced recently. The long delayed project had proposals from Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations in association with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Pune metro, for the first time has got listed in this year’s list of projects of the urban [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- The Union Budget has allocated budget of Rs 7,701 crore to Delhi Metro in the Budget 2013-2014, for Phase-III metro construction in Delhi. In 2012-2013 fiscal, Rs 4,511.89 crore (Plan and non-Plan combined) was allocated to the Delhi metro. Union Budget has increased the allocation by Rs 669.23 crore under the 2013-14 Budget. [...] 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 »
Kolkata- Although a project with Rs. 4,874 crore and a 100-crore allocation might seem smaller, But, West Bengal is still contented with it East-West front. Making its entry into the pink book, the Metro corridor links with the eastern fringes of the city with Howrah. This ultimately means, the Indian Railways has officially accepted it [...] Continue Reading »
Nagpur- The city of Nagpur is all set with the development plan of metro along with its completion. Equal importance has been given to the metro region by the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) along with other areas within municipal limits. This is clearly proved through the Budget 2013-2014. However, most metro projects in Nagpur city are witnessing [...] 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 first metro in Mumbai by the Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) will have charged overhead wires. The corporation is planning to charge the wires from Versova metro station to Marol metro station of the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar (VAG) metro corridor. The wires will have voltage of 25000 Volts, AC which will be induced in March. Two power substations [...] Continue Reading »
Ghaziabad- It was earlier planned that Delhi Metro will be extended from Delhi’s Dilshad Garden to New Bus Stand. But now since the Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam is unwilling to fund the project, controversy has begun. The municipal commissioner has sought help of the Uttar Pradesh government’s permission to overrule the board and allow to proceed with [...] Continue Reading »
