Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation
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 »
A formal proposal has been submitted to the state government to bring all the roads within the limits of Mumbai under the jurisdiction of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Sitaram Kunte the BMC Municipal Commissioner stated that his team has submitted the report to the government. It is under the purview of the government now. They [...] Continue Reading »
The south-bound carriageway of Dindoshi flyover has scarred within less than a month of re-opening after repairs. Several potholes have already started surfacing on the recently-repaired flyover. The flyover was opened to public on May 29 after repairs, which were undertaken by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) from May 3. For the repairs, [...] Continue Reading »
On April 21, The Supreme Court will hear the petition filed by Ideal Road Builders (IRB) to withdraw the temporary stay granted by Bombay high court (HC) to the city’s toll collection. Justice A S Oka and Justice M H Sonak headed an HC division bench had during a joint hearing of public interest litigations [...] Continue Reading »
Around five years after Mumbai got its first road bridge over sea between Bandra and Worli in Central Mumbai, the state government has cleared another such proposal. The “sea link” will connect Bandra and Versova in the suburbs. Work has been initiated by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on the facility. The Maharashtra [...] Continue Reading »
The toll on Mumbai-Pune expressway and the national highway (NH4) between Mumbai and Pune will be levied even beyond 2019. While toll payment was expected to wind up five years from now but the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has initiated the process to select a private entrepreneur to carry out operation and maintenance [...] Continue Reading »
It was in Thane Municipal Corporation’s (TMC) court to decide whether to go in for a monorail, a Light Rail Transit (LRT) or a metro service. It was found that Light Rail Transit was financially feasible. But the TMC gave approval for tram service with out discussing or taking views from other parties for which [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra government has transferred the responsibility to maintain the Eastern and Western Express Highways from the state public works department (PWD) to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The decision is considered vital as there has been a piling up of complaints against the current custodian of the two thoroughfare, which are the city’s north-south arteries. [...] Continue Reading »
Recently Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has asked renowned telecom service provider, Airtel to pay property tax on mobile towers which are put up on flyovers. To this Airtel has filed a case against BMC claiming the tax is illegal in all ways. The towers were set up on flyovers in April 2008 after Maharashtra State [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on Tuesday announced plans to appoint a consultant for preparing a project report on the Mumbai-Pune expressway tunnel plan between Khopoli and Lonavla. The decision to construct a 11-km-long tunnel, between Khopoli and Lonavla, on the Mumbai-Pune expressway has sparked resentment across the Konkan region. The construction of [...] Continue Reading »
