Chennai: As many as 216 central infrastructure projects were completed till Dec., amounting to Rs.2 lakh cr. However, government’s capital expenditure has to rise 11 per cent in the March quarter to revise the budgetary estimate of FY24. The general elections may hold back completions of infrastructural projects and new investment proposals in Q4 FY24. […]
Category: Roads
Bandi Expresses Ire Over Delay in Road Works
Karimnagar: BJP national general secretary and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar expressed ire over the officials concerned and contractors for delaying the road-laying works from Shanigaram to Koheda after inspecting the construction works in Husnabad constituency of Karimnagar district on Sunday. He questioned the officials’ inaction over the poor road quality by the contractors. He […]
Forest Rights Panel Clears Six Roads
Visakhapatnam: The district-level forest rights committee has given permits for six roads in Gummalakshmipuram and Kurupam mandals. A committee chaired by district collector Nishant Kumar, comprising revenue, forest and tribal welfare departments, examined the joint inspection report and allowed the construction of roads. With this move, many tribal villages will be connected to the mainstream. […]
Infrastructure woes pull down high-rising Rajendra Nagar
Hyderabad: Mushrooming residential colonies and inadequate development of infrastructure to support the growth in population is the key issue that the Rajendra Nagar constituency faces now. The unmetalled (kachcha) roads connecting the city’s IT corridor and Outer Ring Road (ORR) through residential areas of the Rajendra Nagar constituency represent the neglected infrastructure and are emblematic […]
TS faces Rs.22,620 crore loss in ORR toll contract: Revanth
Hyderabad: Alleging that the state government was staring at a 22,620 crore loss in the 30-year contract for toll collection and maintenance on the Outer Ring Road that was handed over to the Mumbai-based IRB Infra, TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday accused minister K.T. Rama Rao and some senior IAS officers of being […]
After decade-long battle, SCB reopens six roads
Hyderabad: After a decade-long battle, six arterial roads in the Secunderabad cantonment have been reopened on Sunday, providing major relief to residents of at least four areas and improved access to Rajiv Rahadari and other routes. The move to reopen roads comes 10 days after the ministry of defence (MoD) wrote to the Secunderabad Cantonment […]
240-km long Araku-Ichchapuram Eastern Ghats corridor mooted to boost tourism
Visakhapatnam: The proposal for the 240-km long Eastern Ghats Corridor National Highway (EGCNH) from Araku to Ichchapuram has been brought to the fore. This is the first such project submitted by the tourism department of Parvatipuram-Manyam tribal district in north coastal AP.
Centre okays road projects worth Rs 573.13 cr to TS, AP
HYDERABAD: The Centre has approved road projects worth Rs 573.13 crore for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. In a series of tweets on Thursday, union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari informed that widening of existing two-lane road with paved shoulders from Hyderabad-Bhupalapatnam section on NH-163 in Mulugu district has been approved at a […]
New road to connect Puthalapattu-Naidupeta highway with Cherlopalli-Alipiri bypass
TIRUPATI: A new road would be developed in a bid to provide easy access to devotees arriving via the Chennai and Bengaluru routes to the Tirumala and avoid traffic congestions in Tirupati. The road would link the Naidupeta-Puthalapattu national highway and the Cherlopalli-Alipiri bypass road.
AP HC issues stay on demolition of houses for road widening at Ippatam
Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday stayed the demolition of houses until Nov. 15 and issued an interim order after villagers from Ippatam village of Tadepalli mandal in Guntur district petitioned the court. The villagers complained that their houses and compound walls built some 30-40 years ago were being demolished in the guise […]
Union minister Gadkari to lay stone for flyover at Morampudi
KAKINADA: After a long wait, the construction of a flyover at Morampudi junction in Rajamahendravaram of East Godavari will begin on September 22. Union Minister for National Highways Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stone and the works will be done at a cost of Rs 56.09 crore, over a length of 1.42 km. The […]
Phase II of Srinivasa Sethu adding to traffic woes of road users
TIRUPATI: Phase II works of ongoing Srinivasa Sethu elevated expressway are adding to the commuting time, increasing traffic woes of citizens in Tirupati or devotees of Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala, particularly during peak hours.