AGARTALA, March 8

New Delhi: In the run-up to the polls and just before the election code of conduct kicked in, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government cleared infrastructure projects worth Rs 5,220 crore in the last ten days of February. According to an official release, the public private partnership appraisal committee (PPPAC) granted approval to seven projects in the sectors of roads and ports.

New Delhi: The UPA Government is allocating Rs 1,000 crore for a complete overhaul of the road infrastructure network in the Naxal-infested areas of the country.

PNS | New Delhi

Following repeated complaints by World Bank and Asian Development Bank over serious delays in highway projects funded by these international agencies, Minister for Road Transport and Highways TR Baalu has pulled up National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and asked them to set monthly targets for errant contractors.

Compensation for land acquired, two toll plazas and maintenance of roads to be discussed on Dec 16

Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T R Baalu inaugurated the four-lane Chandigarh-Ambala highway on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, he assured the ministers from Punjab and Haryana that all the issues pertaining to the new stretch would be addressed by next week.

No BOT Venture Awarded In 6 Months, Deadlines Extended

Has economic meltdown hit the infrastructure sector in the country? Seems likely since in the last six months, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has failed to award a single BOT project.

1,464 km of highways in the State would be developed

TIRUCHI: An outlay of Rs. 9,880 crore is expected to be invested under the third phase of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T. R. Baalu said.

With the completion of the Ambala Zirakpur four-laning project, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is all set to formally inaugurate the project on December 10.

Union Minister for Shipping, Roads, Transport and Highway T R Baalu will throw open the project for which a toll plaza has been set up at Dappar.

DIBRUGARH, Oct 12

The Standing Committee on Emission Regulation