Infrastructure
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 »
India’s longest passenger waterway is soon going to be launched in Mumbai. The waterway, also known as ‘water metro’ has been initiated as a passenger water transport system which could ease traffic in south Mumbai. The ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) has given the final nod for the waterways which will be a passenger water transport system [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) alleged that the Delhi airport Metro link operator is involved in various misdeeds related to the project, flouting government norms and making huge financial benefits. In a draft report, CAG has mentioned that the Delhi Airport Metro Express Line (DAMPEL) has been puzzled with concessions to DAMPEL, [...] Continue Reading »
Lucknow – Finally, the report of the department of urban planning is out with complete change in the original plan. The report recommends a dense network of metro connectivity instead of a two corridor concept. Now most of the routes of metro are planned overhead to lower down the cost which many even reach the [...] Continue Reading »
Despite Indian roads being built and repaired everyday, they still consist of potholes and pits. They have a long history of seldom lasting and disappearing. The key reason for this is that the Indian government still follows the age old technique without any long term success rate. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has [...] Continue Reading »
Lucknow- The announcement of state budget highlighted the much promoted metro rail project in Lucknow. Although the budget did not specify the allocated amount but the Chief Minister assured speedy process of its implementation. The original estimated cost of this metro project was around Rs 16,000 crore. According to the sources the cost of Lucknow [...] Continue Reading »
Maharashtra Government has recently given green signal to the Churchgate-Virar rail project. The elevated corridor project is meant to ease the city’s suburban rail traffic. The announcement of the approval was pending for quiet a few days. The Rs 21,000 crore budget project will be implemented by the railways and the state government would help in land [...] Continue Reading »
The opening of Kalindi Kunj Bridge has not only come as a relief for thousands of commuters, but senior Delhi traffic police officers also said that they are relaxed as the situation has become better than before the repairs began. For the last two months, commuters have been facing massive traffic issues across different routes [...] Continue Reading »
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is seeking to push a relief package for road developers as many are under stress and are finding it tough to raise debt and equity to finance projects they had bagged by offering to pay a premium. Now the agency is looking to get approval for a staggered payment which will [...] Continue Reading »
