Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
The Expert Appraisal Committee under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has accorded permission for GMR Group's proposal for the Rs 2,629 crore expansion plan of Rajiv Gandhi international airport here. GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) which manages the airport is in the process of expanding the …
GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd has bagged Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2015 in the Transportation (Aviation) category for the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad. Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar presented the award to GHIAL COO Manish Sinha at the 17th World Congress on …
The Government has decided to take back coal mines awarded to some 50 companies, including Adani Power, JSPL, Tata Group, Rungta Mines, Arcelor Mittal, Lanco, Hindalco and GMR. This could spell big trouble for companies that have invested in end-use projects, as they will now be left without a fuel …
The Supreme Court on Sunday scrapped its earlier interim order asking the government not to proceed ahead with the power development agreement (PDA) negotiation with GMR Energy for developing 900 MW Upper Karnali Hydropower Project. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Damodar Prasad Sharma and Justice Prakash Wosti maintained …
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday asked the government not to proceed ahead with the power development agreement (PDA) negotiation with GMR Energy for developing 900 MW Upper Karnali Hydropower Project. A single bench of Justice Bharat Bahadur Karki issued a stay order that will remain until July 31, wherein …
The 555-km Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad project from which the developer GMR Infrastructure pulled out in early January citing huge delays in clearances, has now got all requisite approvals from the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). According to sources, with Gujarat, one of the two states through which the highway passes, also …
The troubled roads sector can expect a relief package from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), which has called a meeting of the road transport ministry and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday. Government sources say that the meeting is likely to discuss the bottlenecks that have led …
The troubled roads sector can expect a relief package from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), which has called a meeting of the road transport ministry and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday. Government sources say that the meeting is likely to discuss the bottlenecks that have led …
Infra ministers, govt bodies join the chorus as murmurs about corruption resurface When Jairam Ramesh was replaced as environment minister some 18 months ago, loud sighs of relief from industry greeted the news. Ramesh, in the short period at the helm of the ministry, had acquired a reputation for inflexibility, …
“They suffer from inherent financial weaknesses” Taking a tough stand, the Union government on Thursday said GMR Infra and GVK Power and Infrastructure Limited, which had served notices on the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) stating that they were withdrawing from two major highway projects owing to delays in …
Long-term lenders like IIFCL and IDBI Bank are unlikely to fund road projects where land acquisition is incomplete, a move that could scuttle plans to award projects of 8,000 km this fiscal year. Lenders and builders have approached the finance ministry, road ministry and NHAI, insisting that road contracts should …
Stung by the “abrupt and unilateral” walkout of the GMR Group from the 555-km-long Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad National Highway project alleging delays in approvals, the ministry of road transport and highways and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) are weighing various options, including initiating procedures to debar the firm from upcoming …
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) may black list GMR Infrastructure from bidding for highways projects on the grounds that the company allegedly terminated a contract unilaterally without giving a mandatory 90-day notice period to the highways authority. “A concession agreement was signed between NHAI and GMR. It was …
The decision by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to move the Supreme Court seeking exemption for delinking environment and forest approvals for road projects had the approval of the Prime Ministers Office (PMO), it has emerged. Government sources in the know say that the PMO’s approval came in …
NHAI likely to take ministry to SC today for ‘failing to comply with delinking order’ The tussle between the environment ministry and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) over who caused the alleged delays in approvals in highway projects came to a head on Tuesday with the NHAI threatening …
20 Highway Contracts Stuck Due To Red Tape Over Environmental Norms New Delhi: The National Highways Authority of India has decided to approach the Supreme Court against the environment ministry’s norms as a series of projects are held up due to green clearances. While infrastructure major GMR has already announced …
Spanning 555 km, the project was to cost Rs 7,500 cr GMR Infrastructure has terminated the concession agreement on its Rs 7,500 crore, 555-km highway project connecting Rajasthan and Gujarat, India’s largest. GMR Infrastructure reached the decision after weeks of discussions with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), over …
A Few days after the GMR Group announced its intent to walk out of the 555-km long Kishangarh-Ahmedabad highway, the GVK Group has informed the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) that it wishes to exit the 330-km long Shivpuri-Dewas highway in Madhya Pradesh. GVK had promised to pay NHAI …
Experts feel there is definitely more activity on the ground now compared to a year ago. Public sector enterprises have started spending on projects and are also ordering equipment Amid signs of a revival in the industrial cycle, the capex plans of large companies such as Reliance Industries are creating …
With the mercury going up in the hills, the momentum of protests are also going in the same direction in Uttarakhand over the issue of hydel projects. India’s top Public Sector Undertakings and private companies like L&T;, Lanco, GMR, GVK, NTPC, THDCIL and UJVN are constructing hydel projects on the …
