Report by the District Magistrate, Agra in EA No. 34 of 2024 IN OA No. 338 of 2023 (Ravendra Singh Vs. NHAI & Ors.) dated January 21, 2025. The compliance report was in response to the NGT order of May 22, 2023 regarding the inaction of the authorities in cleaning …
Orissa High Court judgement dated 24/04/2013 in the matter of Sanjeev Kumar Sharma & others vs Union Of India and others on land acquisition for Bhubaneswar-Puri Section National Highway No.203.
New Delhi:The finance ministry has relaxed norms for appraising and approving highway projects up to Rs 500 crore by the road transport and highways ministry, a move that will boost awarding of public-funded projects. The decision comes at a time when the road ministry is aiming to award more projects …
The environment ministry is likely to decide on a second set of key changes in green norms meant for SEZs, roads and the real estate sector, especially multi-storey buildings, next week. The committee it had formed on easing green regulations for clearances impacting these specific industries and sectors has submitted …
Over 3,000 trees, including those falling within the Narpuh Reserve Forest in eastern Meghalaya, might face the axe for the proposed widening of the National Highway 44 which connects the state to Assam. The Rs 368.88 crore project, covering 100 km through West and East Jaintia Hills districts, would also …
Mainly include four-laning of the existing NH-37 from Numaligarh to Dibrugarh in three parts The Centre has approved road projects worth Rs. 1,932 crore for Assam, which mainly include four-laning of the existing National Highway 37 from Numaligarh to Dibrugarh in three parts. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) …
The Cabinet Committee for Economic Affairs has approved four proposals to widen a total of 471 km of highways requiring investment of Rs 4,618 crore. The projects are Jabalpur-Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Demow-Bogibil, Jorhat-Demow and Numaligarh-Jorhat. The project in Madhya Pradesh, which is a 294-km stretch and involves Rs 2,686 …
Gandhinagar: India’s major roads may double up as solar highways, if an innovative proposal by some scientists gets the government's approval. The proposal is the brainchild of scientists at the Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) in the state capital. In a paper just published in the International Journal …
Putting an end to the face-off between the National Highways Authority of India and Ministry of Environment & Forests, the latter has delinked environmental and forest clearances in case of all linear projects like roads, transmission lines, rail tracks. The Supreme Court's Forest Bench last week allowed the MoEF to …
Work could soon begin in a clutch of stranded highway projects with likely combined investments of over R20,000 crore, as the Union environment ministry is set to give them approvals in one go. The ministry’s blanket approval is enabled by its decision to de-link the environment and forest clearances (EC …
Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region will invest 22 billion yuan ($3.5 billion) in transport construction this year, a senior regional official said. A highway from regional capital Lhasa to Nyingchi and four airport highways will be constructed, according to Tashi Gyatso, head of Tibet Transport Department. The region will also …
Department of Economic Affairs has signed an agreement with the World Bank to make available Rs 1,166 crore for the second phase of the Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP). The second phase aims to develop 367 km of State highways spread over eight corridors to international standards at a cost …
Given the economic and political circumstances, the finance minister has presented a pragmatic vwith good intentions for inclusive and sustainable development. This is one of the most challenging times that the world economy is facing and the scenario is no different in India. The Union Budget for 2013-14 is well-balanced …
In a bid to drive out the highways sector from a severe financial crunch, the Economic Survey proposed to ease exit norms for developers to free up equity for new projects. “In current market conditions, these firms are unable to raise new equity. Exit route needs to be eased so …
After a concerted push from the road transport ministry, the finance ministry has agreed to consider offering concessions to stuck highway projects under the public private partnership (PPP) mode. Government sources indicated that the approval came through at a meeting between finance minister P Chidambaram and road transport minister CP …
Escalators, connected , footbridges at platforms The World Bank plans to fund a Rs 110-crore project to prevent trespassing on Mumbai’s rail tracks and thus prevent accidents. The project entails the construction of escalators, elevators and footbridges at suburban railway stations. As many as 31 footbridges, six escalators, five elevators, …
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 …
Presenting a please-all R60,303 crore Budget, Orissa finance minister Prasana Acharya doled out largesses to the voters keeping the assembly election, due in May 2014, in mind Pocket money for youth, free mobiles for farmers, pre-paid sim cards for fishermen, blankets to aged people are what the government has promised …
The Haryana Government has revised the norms, guidelines and parameters for grant of permission for Change of Land Use (CLU) for development of retail outlets and fuel filling stations other than CNG (compressed natural gas) or PNG (piped natural gas). Stating this here on Tuesday, a spokesman of the Town …
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved eight projects, including 'Shikalbaha 225-MW Duel-fuel Combined Cycle Power Plant', with an outlay of Tk 7,882. The approval came from an Ecnec meeting held at the NEC conference room at the city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with Ecnec chairperson and …
New Delhi: Investor apathy to public-private partnership (PPP) projects in highways has forced the government to revisit the old engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) model after a four-year gap. While there had not been a single EPC project awarded in the sector between 2008-09 and 2011-12, the ministry of road …
