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The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests has given the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance for the second sea link project in Mumbai ? the proposed Versova-Bandra sea link.. With very less space available for the construction of new roads and expansion of existing roads the sea link is an important project to reduce commuting ...

In an attempt to speed up implementation of road infrastructure projects, especially those held up due to financial reasons, the government has is set to make changes in the model concession agreement for road projects. The new agreement is expected to give more functional and supervisory powers to banks who lend for the projects. If a concessionaire in a project ...

A plan to ease traffic congestion in Jaipur and increase the speed of vehicles by up to 30% has been drawn up by a team consisting of Bajrang Lal Swami, a professor in civil engineering from the Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), and Ritu Sharma and Hemant Sharma, both engineers from the Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Project (RUIDP). The plan, ...

The foundation stone was recently laid for the construction of a 6.5km long tunnel along National Highway1 (NH1) which connects Leh and Srinagar. The tunnel, which gets its name from a Z formation along its path, will help motorists to avoid harsh conditions such as snowfall and avalanches which currently force the closure of roads to vehicular traffic for about ...

Spanish technology company, Indra System S.A. has got three toll technology contracts from Indian infrastructure major GMR. The ?8.6million contract is for implementing toll technology on roads in four states: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Gujarat. In all, the contract will see Indra implementing electronic, manual and mixed toll collection and weigh-in motion systems in 46 lanes in the four ...

By the end of the year about 160 roads in Delhi are set to get emergency disaster management lanes. To be painted in blue, the lane will be on the extreme right of the roads and will be 3.5m wide. Normally the lane will be open for vehicular traffic, but in case of an emergency or disaster, which will be ...

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has allocated ?529 crore for road repairs in South Mumbai. This is the largest set of road maintenance contracts given out by the BMC in a single region and is about 50% of the amount the corporation spent on road repairs last year in the entire city. About 129 roads will be re-laid out of ...

The Delhi government has decided to install fully automatic signals on the Delhi BRTS. The intelligent signalling system (ISS) which was functional till now only during non-peak hours will now be implemented across all 17 junctions. Before going in for the automatic signalling system, the Delhi Integrated Multimodal Transit System (DIMTS), which is the corridor manager for the Delhi BRTS, ...

The Serco Group has been awarded a contract for the operation and maintenance of the Indore BRTS. The contract has been awarded by the Atal Indore City Transport Services Ltd. (AICTSL), a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) set up to manage the BRTS, and owned by the Indore Development Authority and Indore Municipal Corporation. Serco will operate a fleet of 50 ...

Tata Realty and Infrastructure (TRIL) is in the process of acquiring three completed toll projects. Faced by problems such as delays in land acquisition for long-term road infrastructure projects, investors have been reluctant to invest in such projects, forcing several road infrastructure majors such as Reliance Infrastructure, GMR Infrastructure and Madhucon Projects to sell their stakes in road projects. Many ...