Tag: national highway
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National Highway projects
In an initiative to enhance seamless connectivity between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 12 National Highway projects with a total length of 105 km in Kasargod recently. This initiative holds the promise of reducing overall transportation costs and eliminating black…
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Karwar – Kundapura NH17 Highway project Along the Arabian Sea Coast
NH 17 is one of India’s busiest National Highways that connects north to south along the western coast of India, parallel to the Western Ghats. It connects Panvel in Maharashtra to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, passing through the States of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The 187km stretch connecting Karwar to Kundapura in…
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Thiruvananthapuram Outer Area Growth Corridor An Infrastructure backbone for Vizhinjam Harbour
[box type=”shadow” ] The outer area growth corridor creates support infrastructure to Vizhinjam port to manage land side growth. A report by W R Harinarayanaraj, Vice President, IL&FS Township & Urban Assets Ltd [/box] The Government of Kerala in 2002- 03 approved a set of projects under Capital Region Development Project (CRDP) for the planned…
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Two laning of Mughal Road
A joint venture formed by the New Delhi based Rodic Consultants Private Limited and the Pune-based Monarch Surveyors and Engineering Consultants Private Limited has been finalised by NHIDCL to render consultation on the preconstruction works. The proposed two-laning of Mughal Road that connects Kashmir Valley with Pir Panchal region of Jammu province. Declaring the Mughal…
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People-First PPPs
Jharkhand Accelerated Road Development Program[box type=”shadow” ]Jharkhand Accelerated Road Program (JARDP) has been listed among 60 UN sustainable development “People – First Public-Private Partnerships” (PfPPs) cases at an international forum on people-first PPP hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in Geneva, Switzerland from May 7 to 9. Dr. Sreejith Narayanan, Vice President, IL&FS Transportation Networks…
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Eight national highways for Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted highpitched eight national highways, six of them in Saurashtra region to Gujarat. While inaugurating the new cable-stayed bridge over Narmada River near Bharuch, Modi announced converting eight state highways into national highways to boost transport and tourism.
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Micro-surfacing for Highways
The Ministry has urged engineers and implementing agencies of national highways to adopt micro-surfacing for repairs and maintenance to improve skid resistance, surface durability, seal fine and medium cracks. It is applied when structurally sound pavement surface shows signs of premature ageing, aggregate loss, cracking, and high degree of polishing among others. The ministry has…
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Ring roads for Jammu & Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved the construction of a र30 billion road project to construct ring roads to reduce traffic congestion and provide commuters with alternative routes. In the first phase of the project a 34.72km road will be built in Srinagar, the state capital, The road will have four lanes initially, which…