Road projects
The Maharashtra Government is planning to indulge into road projects of Rs. 200 crore but not including Toll plazas. They are even planning to close about 50 toll plazas in the next two months. The roads that can be constructed at price lesser than Rs. 200 crore can easily be dealt by the Public Works [...] Continue Reading »
The road transport ministry has established four highly efficient parameters for itself soon after returning from Prime Minister’s Chamber. The minister is planning target rewards for the Projects on National Highways. The present target for the road transport ministry that has been timed for this fiscal succeeds that of 2013-2014 by 2.5 times! The previous [...] Continue Reading »
The Land Acquisition Act, 2013 which was brought in by the previous UPA government was considered as one of the successes by the previous government. However the Modi government is all set to make some changes in that act to redress some of the issues regarding compensation and rehabilitation of owners of land acquired for industrial [...] Continue Reading »
The country’s poor infrastructure had brought down the growth of the nation, and after the elections, the entire nation was hoping for the Modi government to expedite growth. However amidst the measures which the new government is taking, they have also started blaming the UPA government for the wrong policies. There were road projects which [...] Continue Reading »
The NaMo government is determined to change the infrastructure landscape for the country. Within the next 6 months 11 projects worth more than Rs 18,000 crore will kick start this change. Transport minister Nitin Gadkari has asked for a priority list of projects from the road ministry which can be processed promptly. An official also [...] Continue Reading »
Universal Construction Machinery and Equipment Ltd, India’s leading construction equipment company, launched Self Loading Concrete Mixer in Odisha. Ranjit More, vice chairman, Universal Construction Machinery and Equipment explained that self-loading mixture (SLM) is developed indigenously keeping in mind the needs of Indian consumer and it is developed by in-house research and development team of the [...] Continue Reading »
The Gammon Infrastructure and NHIA have stopped the concession pacts for two road projects because of the lack of land clearances. The 2 projects allotted to Gammon in 2012, consists of the Yamuna agar Panchkula project in Haryana and the Birmitrapur Barkote project in Orissa. Gammon Infrastructure informed that the terminations were done by the [...] Continue Reading »
The government is planning to come up with a company, National Highways Construction Company, for building roads in border areas and north eastern regions. A road ministry official informed that while NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) build roads all over the country, this company will focus on building roads in border areas and in [...] Continue Reading »
In highway projects, the Centre needs to re-analyse public-private partnership (PPP), such that primary spadework and the garnering of statutory approvals is done by the government, before inviting bids. Or else, the absolute uncertainty over environmental, forest and other clearances would not just incredibly delay projects, however also unnecessarily shoot up costs and, indeed, make [...] Continue Reading »
Road and drain projects worth Rs 66.68 crore for Hojai and Lanka in Assam have been approved by the Union Ministry of Urban Development under the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Town (UIDSSMT). Union Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath informed this to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in a letter. [...] Continue Reading »
