NEW DELHI: It took almost two decades for its construction. The 1.8-km Rani Jhansi Flyover starts near St. Stephen’s Hospital in north Delhi and goes up to the Filmistan cinema hall. The elevated road was meant to decongest a perennially gridlocked stretch and was finally completed and open for the public in 2018. On Wednesday, […]
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Mumbai: Girder work for Gokhale bridge begins; BMC plans partial opening on Diwali
MUMBAI: Two weeks following the arrival of the first batch of steel at Gokhale Bridge’s under-construction site in Andheri, work on erecting girders with the steel will begin on Saturday. The launch of the first girder is expected in October and the second in November. BMC officials said work is on track to partially open […]
Infra sector sees highest capex: RBI paper
NEW DELHI: The total cost of projects sanctioned by banks and financial institutions during 2022-23 increased to a record high of Rs 2,66,547 crore, highlighting the effect of the government’s efforts to push capital expenditure. A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) paper showed that the infrastructure sector continued to attract the maximum capex projects, led […]
DND Flyway builder gets Rs 16k cr tax relief
NEW DELHI: The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has given a Rs 16,000-crore relief to the beleaguered IL&FS arm Noida Toll Bridge Company – the special purpose vehicle that built and runs the Delhi-Noida Direct Flyway – dismissing the enhancement, merits of addition and reopening of the assessment by the tax department. The demand of […]
Skyway plan may scrape Cantt coffers
Secunderabad: Officials from Cantonment Board are grappling to generate revenue from taxpayers, while the new elevated skyway plans, are throwing a wrench into their plans. The skyways, one connecting Parade Grounds and Hakimpet, and the other between Paradise and Suchitra, are causing concern for commercial properties. The SCB earns 60% of its revenue from property […]
₹16k cr revenue from land auctions & ORR lease comes as relief for cash-starved govt
Hyderabad: At a time when the Telangana government was struggling to mobilise funds to implement the welfare schemes, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), in little more than a year, has mobilised Rs 16,000 crore in land auctions and through 30-year long lease of Nehru Outer Ring Road. While Rs 8,529 crore was earned through […]
CAG report on Dwarka expressway costs: AAP slams BJP
NEW DELHI: In the wake of the Comptroller Auditor General of India “flagging the very high construction cost” of the Dwarka expressway, Aam Aadmi Party on Monday alleged that the BJP government at the Centre had broken all records of corruption in the history of independent India. In a report, the CAG recently flagged how […]
158km roads concretised since January 2022: BMC chief Iqbal Singh Chahal
MUMBAI: Municipal commissioner IS Chahal has claimed that from January 2022, a total of 158 kilometres of roads have been concretised. Before 2022, about 990km of roads were concretised, and concretisation works for 265km were taken up, he said while speaking at an Independence Day function on Tuesday. Between January 2022 and May 2023, concretisation […]
BJP’s ‘corruption, loot’ taking nation on highway to hell, alleges Mallikarjun Kharge
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday referred to a CAG report and alleged “BJP’s corruption and loot” in the Dwarka Expressway of Bharatmala Project. In a post on social media platform X, Kharge posted a card which said, “Rs 18 crore per km to Rs […]
Permanent bridge soon to link 22 villages near Nepal
PILIBHIT: In a first since Independence, 22 remote villages along the India-Nepal border in UP’s Pilibhit district will benefit from a permanent bridge to be is built over the Sharda river. For decades, they’ve lived in hardship due to lack of proper connectivity. According to officials, a plan has been sanctioned by state authorities to […]
No proper road, cops carry decomposed body for 3km from hill
Uddeppa Dhaareppanavar, PSI of Ankola police station, carried the decomposed body of an unidentified person from a difficult terrain in Honnebail hill on the beach side with the help of the other personnel. The hilltop called Ettugallu in Honnebail area of Ankola taluk has a difficult terrain, as there is no proper road link and […]
Special 26: MCD plans to keep key roads spic and span during G20
NEW DELHI: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has finalised a plan for special cleaning and sweeping of 26 out of the 66 roads which will be mainly used by delegates during the G20 events. The civic body has drawn up an action plan to pool in machinery and staff from other zones, depending on the […]