Road construction
215 infrastructure projects worth seven lakh crores would be affected due to shortage of certified welding engineers, said PK Das, president of Indian Institute of Welding. He also added, as compared to 22,000 certified welding engineers in China, India is home to just around 600 qualified engineers or postgraduates in welding, recognizing the need for [...] 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 »
To bring in relief for the commuters, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has taken up gradient improvement work following gridlock at the Nanthoor junction, the junction of two National Highways 17 and 31 even during non-peak hours. Due to steep gradient at the circle in the junction, it was a difficult task especially [...] Continue Reading »
A city based organisation has demanded the civic body to make road digging details public. Creative Foundation has stated that many people don’t get information about road digging that takes place in their respective areas. Due to the digging of roads and public not knowing about it, residents are suffering a lot. There is a [...] Continue Reading »
The high court has approved the plan for a 3.2kms road along the Mutha river and now the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will go ahead with the development work along the riverside. The civic administration is planning to construct more roads along the river side to lower down the traffic congestion. River safety as well [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The city’s dumping yards- Perungudi and Kodungaiyur- filled with smoke, stench, pollution, illness, dislocation and protest have become a view of distress. The Chennai Corporation is in the final stage of finding a way out to its problem of garbage accumulation. People residing in localities in the vicinity of dumping yards forced the civic [...] Continue Reading »
Recently, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) alloted 112 flats to be constructed under the Basic Services to Urban Poor (BSUP) project in Warje to those affected by road construction and nullahs. The central government had approved 20,528 tenements for the urban poor under the BSUP. However, PMC managed to construct 2,294 only and 3,474 that [...] Continue Reading »
To fulfill the most cherished dream of having roads to connect the remote areas of Manipur, Assam and Nagaland, about 100 Northeast villagers are working hard towards collecting funds to complete the road construction. The deadline will be until Christmas. An example, wherein a resident from Manipur’s remote Phoklong village has contributed Rs 1,000 from his old-age pension for the [...] Continue Reading »
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd has completed its fifth road project in Tamil Nadu. This road project from Salem to Ulundurpet in Tamil Nadu is expected to ease traffic flow to the city centre, connecting centers of tourism and industrial zones. The main objective is to reduce the rural-urban gap by connecting 79 villages with Chennai. The [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to spend Rs 980 crore on concretization and upgrading of asphalt roads. The civic body will float the tenders soon and the work will most likely begin in October. Seeking to redress the pitiful condition of roads in the city, BMC plans to introduce measures to ensure quality work [...] Continue Reading »
