Lathikata-Timjor high level bridge on the Brahmani river in Lathikata block under Sundargarh district is yet to be functional even after six years of the laying of foundation stone by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. This is, as the approach road to the bridge has not been readied. About 70,000 people under 11 panchayats are suffering […]
Category: Roads
Temple extended portion razed for widening road
The district administration, finally, pulled down an encroached portion of the prominent Laxminaryan Mandir at OT Road here on Friday. The long-pending eviction while was necessitated for expansion of the OT road yet the district administration on several earlier occasions had failed to execute the work due to protest by the temple trust and locals. […]
NABARD gives financial support of Rs 42,313 cr in FY’20 for rural infra
Apex agriculture financial institution NABARD has extended Rs 42,313 crore financial support during 2019-20 for building rural infrastructure. The financial institution has so far this fiscal disbursed Rs 20,869 crore in addition to providing Rs 5,686 crore for rural connectivity, a statement by NABARD said. Recognizing that the social aspect of economic development is equally […]
N’pada road construction problems discussed
Khariar MLA Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi asked the Executive Engineer of Rural Development department, Khariar division, to discuss about completion of a road work connecting Dhanksar to Duajhar village of Khariar block. The longstanding demand of the people of Dhanksar village for construction of a bridge on a small river that kept the village aloof for […]
No roads, 44 GPs yet to avail bus services
Bus services have not been made available to 44 gram panchayats in the State due to lack of road communications, informed Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera in the State Assembly on Thursday. In response to a question of BJP MLA Mohan Charan, the Minister said that 6,758 out of total 6,802 GPs are now availing bus […]
Expedite Tribune flyover project: Parl committee
While the Punjab and Haryana High Court has virtually put brakes on contentious Tribune flyover by putting stay on axing of trees for the project, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended the UT Administration to expedite the project, aimed at better traffic management in and around the city. In its report tabled […]
UP govt acquiring land for defence industrial corridor
With the Uttar Pradesh government starting to acquire land at four nodes, the much-touted UP Defence Industrial Corridor project has got off the ground. Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the UP Investors’ Summit in February 2018, the defence infrastructure corridor is estimated to attract investments of Rs 20,000 crore in the arid Bundelkhand […]
Slow ‘vikas’ of industrial corridors irks Parl panel
Taking note of slow pace of work on five industrial corridors-Delhi-Mumbai, Chennai-Bengaluru, Amritsar-Kolkata, Vizag-Chennai and Bengaluru-Mumbai Corridors, a Parliamentary Committee on Ministry of Commerce and Industry, expressed its displeasure at their slow pace of their development and urged the Department to expedite their construction to provide much needed thrust to the Indian industry. The Committee […]
Digging of roads disrupts routine life in Haridwar
This year is going to be quite inconvenient for the locals and visitors to Haridwar with excavations carried out for the underground cable laying and gas pipeline works in this city. The work on underground cabling is underway with an aim to complete it before the Kumbh Mela in 2021. At the same time, excavation […]
IL&FS seeks extension of bid validity for 5 road projects facing Rs 10,500-crore debt
Being steered by a government-appointed and eminent banker Uday Kotak-led board on its path to recovery, crisis-hit IL&FS has sought extension of bid validity for five road projects that are faced with debts totalling over Rs 10,000 crore. Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) had received time-bound binding bids for these five road projects, but […]
PWD blames rain for Pataudi flyover collapse
A portion of a flyover at the Delhi-Jaipur rail line near Pataudi collapsed on Saturday. The flyover was inaugurated by the Haryana Public Wealth Department in September 2019 and collapsed just five months after its unveiling. Officials of the PWD said that while the investigation will take 2-3 days to conclude, initial inspection suggests that […]
IL&FS seeks extension of bid validity for 5 road projects facing Rs 10,500-crore debt
Being steered by a government-appointed and eminent banker Uday Kotak-led board on its path to recovery, crisis-hit IL&FS has sought extension of bid validity for five road projects that are faced with debts totalling over Rs 10,000 crore. Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) had received time-bound binding bids for these five road projects, but […]