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Union Minister for Surface Transport, Highways and Roads, Nitin Gadkari, accompanied by MOS, Prime Minister’s Office, Dr Jitendra Singh, met Governor NN Vohra here at Raj Bhawan today. Gadkari and the Governor discussed issues relating to the aftermath of the devastation caused by the floods, particularly the damage caused to the road network and washing [...] Continue Reading »
The government today said it had set a time frame of three years to achieve the target of constructing 30 km of road everyday and steps towards that have been taken with the clearance of projects worth Rs 16,000 crore in the first 100 days of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre. Addressing [...] Continue Reading »
As the Vizag metro rail project gathers steam, most of the environmentalists in the city consider the upcoming project to be a bane rather than a boon. Though a few feel it would emerge as the best mode of eco-friendly future transport that would cut vehicular pollution by bringing down the number of vehicles on [...] Continue Reading »
The Union Government will introduce Real Estate Development Regulatory Bill in the winter session of the Parliament. This is aimed to reign-in the unscrupulous builders who escape the responsibility of providing promised facilities to the property buyers. The Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs M. Venkaiah Naidu stated that a proper law was needed [...] Continue Reading »
In December, the foundation stone for the extension campus of IIT-Delhi at Kundli and Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Kilhorad village in Sonipat was laid by Union minister Pallam Raju and Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. IIT-Delhi’s extension campus at Rajiv Gandhi Education City in Kundli would have a science and technology [...] Continue Reading »
The Union minister for urban development (UD), Kamal Nath, accorded an in-principle approval for the Pune metro project on Wednesday, helping the project move a step further towards realization. The project is planned to cover a 31.51 km stretch along two corridors—PCMC building to Swargate and Vanaz to Ramwadi. The approval will enable the state to fast track [...] Continue Reading »
Visakhapatnam (Vizag) city will soon be welcoming Metro Rail project. Union minister has written a letter discussing same with the city MP. Also the central government has promised the citizens of the city to launch the metro at the earliest. Around 50 percent of the costs will be initiated as per the central government’s intention. [...] Continue Reading »
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) at New Delhi has decide to scrutinize all the Drinking Water and Sanitation schemes in concern with the Rural Development Ministry and also Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. Union minister of Delhi, Mr. Jairam Ramesh reported saying that the walled city has a record for spending a large [...] Continue Reading »
