Guwahati: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday announced an ad-hoc financial assistance of Rs 500 crore to flood-ravaged Assam, where floods and landslides have claimed 81 lives so far.

The PM made the announcement here after making an extensive aerial survey of flood induced damages in three districts of Assam – Jorhat, North Lakhimpur and Dhemaji — along with the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.

The government today told the Supreme Court that a high-level committee has suggested that an alternative alignment – other than the mythological Ram Sethu – for the Sethusamudram project was not e

The World Bank (WB) on Thursday approved credit worth US$ 60 million to help Nepal maintain and construct bridges on its strategic roads network.

The Tamil Nadu Government has finalised plans to construct bridges and subways at a total cost of Rs 231.68 crore to tackle traffic congestion in the suburbs.

In a set-back to Bangladesh, the World Bank has cancelled with immediate effect its $1.2-billion financial assistance to the Padma Bridge project, citing massive corruption in the programme.

In yet another push to bring a marked development in Chennai’s civic infrastructure, which would significantly contribute to decongest traffic, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday ordered building of flyovers and subways at an estimated cost of `231.68 crore.

According to an official release here, a flyover and a subway will be built at the intersection of Shandy Road and Kundrathur Road in Pallavaram at a cost of Rs 80.74 crore.

The World Bank on Thursday approved a US$60 million credit to help Nepal maintain and construct bridges on its Strategic Roads Network.

To compensate any adverse impact of the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) on the ecology along the alignment, the development agency in charge will implement a list of measures, including construction of a flamingo park, a mangrove park and environment education centres.

A Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) official said the agency would implement all the measures suggested by the consultants with the help of local non-governmental organisations. The agency will spend Rs 200-300 crore to monitor and improve the ecology of the mudflats, water quality, air quality, noise pollution and solid waste management.

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned a loan of Rs 809 crore for irrigation projects in Uttar Pradesh.

Aiming to spur progress and development in the worst Maoist-affected Gadchiroli district, the Maharashtra government has taken up construction of strategic inter-state river bridges and expanding t