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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 …
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to carry out four-laning of the Parwanoo-Shimla section of the NH-22 under a single project, instead of two separate projects as planned earlier. As per the decision, the Rs 808 crore project for the Parwanoo-Solan section and Rs 1,800 crore project …
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 …
Road widening works saw a large number of trees pulled down on either side of Mettupalayam Road. But, the green cover on the road may be back, if the efforts of the Mettupalayam Road Protection Association pay off. The association has identified 28 varieties of trees. For 6.5 km from …
Upset over the failure of the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to frame forest clearance norms as directed by the Supreme Court and the resultant delays in road projects, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planing to take up the matter with the court afresh. The authority’s …
The government is likely to set a stiff target for road transport and highways ministry to get at least 47% investment from the private sector during 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) period for construction of highways. This is 9% more than what the sector has got during the 11th Five …
From now, highway development agencies won’t have to apply separately for mining of soil/ earth for such works. As per new norms devised by the environment and forests ministry (MoEF), the highways ministry or any other agency such as NHAI can apply for clearance for getting soil/earth in one go …
In what could bolster the confidence of lenders in highway projects, they may be given the facility of a charge on the receivables. Currently, the lenders have a lien on the escrow account where the receivables are deposited but they hardly get to exercise the right. From the escrow account, …
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister C. P. Joshi on Sunday said the Centre would shortly sanction Rs.4,355 crore for construction of roads of the length of 1,302 km in Rajasthan after its recent decision for development of infrastructure through public-private partnership. Dedicating three newly-built road underpasses at Vaishali Nagar …
Faced with an acute shortage in funds affecting the financial closure of some 50 major road projects, Indian highway builders have sought the government’s immediate intervention to allow them to exit fully from completed projects. Infrastructure firms, which are now required to stay invested in a road project for years …
New Delhi By defining “public purpose” very broadly in the relevant legislation, the government will ensure private investors in state-controlled infrastructure projects almost always receive its help in mobilising the land required. The land Bill vetted by a group of ministers earlier and set to to taken up by the …
SRINAGAR: Around 1800 land compensation cases are pending with the land collectors across the State. Due to the delay in the disposal of cases the compensation has remained withheld to the beneficiaries and some of them have approached to the court for the redressal of their grievances. The land compensation …
SRINAGAR: Around 1800 land compensation cases are pending with the land collectors across the State. Due to the delay in the disposal of cases the compensation has remained withheld to the beneficiaries and some of them have approached to the court for the redressal of their grievances. The land compensation …
In 2011-12, projects covering 7,994 km were awarded After a three-month lull, the government has set the ball rolling for giving out Rs 14,000-crore worth of national highway projects. About 40 companies will be in the fray for 30-odd projects in this tranche. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) …
Law Ministry Will Hold Consultations On Ways To Expedite Green Nod New Delhi: The law ministry will hold a meeting of all departments concerned on November 8 to find a solution to expedite green clearances for road projects. The meeting has been convened after the environment ministry flagged that any …
The 318-km UP section of 4,000-km North-South Corridor project, which will link Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir with Kochi in Kerala, has been languishing because of environmental issues, Centre-state differences and encroachments. The problem areas are the Jhansi-Lalitpur stretch, and the Agra bypass. In reply to an RTI application, the …
In what spells trouble for the infrastructure sector, around Rs 25,000-crore highways projects are awaiting funding and seeking extension of financial closure deadline. These projects constitute 23 packages and comprise 2,500 km of construction. The project award pace of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has also slowed down …
India's ambitious plans to build thousands of kilometers of roads each year have hit a roadblock, with construction companies short of cash and banks becoming increasingly reluctant to lend because of chronic problems in getting environmental approvals and in acquiring land -- which can take several months or even years. …
KOLKATA, 2 OCT: The much-touted West Bengal Highway Development Corporation (WBHDCL) may end up as a non-starter due to the land-acquisition policy of the state government which has made the expansion of highways almost impossible. Officials have ruled out any land acquisition for the improvement of the existing highways and …
