Foundation stones for six major rural projects under Biju Setu, Nabard and Mukhyamantri Sadak Yojana of Rs 21.38 crore were laid by local MLA and District Paining Committee chairman Mahesh Sahu on March 2. The projects include mainly roads and a bridge. A meeting was held at Kamparkala Chhak presided by Assistant Executive Engineer, RD, […]
Category: Roads
IL&FS board ex-boss in money laundering soup
Tasked with cleaning up of mammoth financial mess at embattled IL&FS, its Government-appointed board has charged 14 former directors of group firm IL&FS Financial Services Ltd (IFIN) of facilitating money laundering, sanctioning loans in violation of rules and causing “huge financial stress and losses” to the company. In show-cause notices issued to the 14 former […]
Over bridge expected to solve traffic snarl
The 815-metre-long Ajabpur Railway Over Bridge ( ROB) built before the stipulated time and with less than the estimated cost might help in solving traffic jam problem on the busy Haridwar bye-pass road. The work on the project had started in February 2017 with an estimated cost of Rs 70. 5 crore. The structure, was, […]
Motichoor flyover work resumes, commuters elated
The biggest flyover which remains under construction for the past so many years on Haridwar Dehradun National Highway near Haripur Kalan in Motichoor has now picked pace. The construction work has been started again and things are going on at war footing. Besides, the construction work of the flyover near Shankaracharya Chowk has gained pace. […]
IL&FS board ex-boss in money laundering soup
Tasked with cleaning up of mammoth financial mess at embattled IL&FS, its Government-appointed board has charged 14 former directors of group firm IL&FS Financial Services Ltd (IFIN) of facilitating money laundering, sanctioning loans in violation of rules and causing “huge financial stress and losses” to the company. In show-cause notices issued to the 14 former […]
Coastal highway to damage estuarine ecosystems
The Government of India is now going to construct the inter-State coastal highway along the Odisha seacoast. The seacoast of Odisha, stretched over nearly 500 km, passes over many important diversified estuarine areas of several major rivers of the State and neighbouring States like Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. The major estuarine forest areas and […]
CM approves fund for improving road to martyr’s village
Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has granted approval to about Rs 4 crore for improvement of the motor road to Pipli village, the native village of martyr major Chitresh Bisht. The Chief Minister said that the State Government is attempting to link the village of martyrs by road, which is also a subject linked to […]
Rs1,900 cr for roads, bridges
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government has allocated an outlay of Rs1900 crore for the Roads and Bridges projects for year 2019-20 under which a four lane road, flyover, road widening, street scaping on the most congested Public Works Department (PWD) roads will be constructed. Also, six new Foot over Bridges (FOB) at six stretches […]
Accounts of IL&FS, group firms cannot be declared NPA without NCLAT nod
No bank or financial institution can declare the accounts of debt-ridden IL&FS and its group companies as non-performing assets (NPAs) without NCLAT’s permission, the appellate tribunal said on Monday. A two-member National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) bench, headed by Chairman Justice S J Mukhopadhaya, said this is done in the interest of IL&FS debt […]
CM launches Rs 2,082-cr projects in D’nal, Angul
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced that the second phase of distribution of KALIA assistance would be held on April 1 instead of on Akshaya Trutiya as announced earlier. He said Rs 5,000 would be credited to each beneficiary’s bank account directly on April 1. He said this while on a visit to Dhenkanal […]
Minister lays foundation stones of NH worth Rs 4,500 cr
Union Minister of Shipping, Road, Transport and Highways, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari on Sunday laid foundation stones of various national highway projects worth Rs 4459.24 crore for Himachal. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur was also present on the occasion at the foundation stone laying ceremony held at Gaggal in Kangra […]
CM launches Rs 515-cr projects in B’garh
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated 17 developmental projects, including the Sohela-Nuapada stretch of Biju Expressway that has been constructed at a cost of Rs 455.66 crore. He also said that a cancer hospital would be established in Bargarh district as has been demanded since long by local people. Attending a mega farmers’ conclave […]