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NHAI on road to achieve its land acquisition target
Mihir Mishra / New Delhi September 3, 2010, 1:34 IST
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to meet its land acquisition target for this financial year.
NHAI has acquired 17,604 hectares — about 30 per cent of its target for the year — between April and July.
03/09/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Stop work, HP pollution board tells highways authority
Following The Indian Express report, building of Pinjore road put on hold, debris disposal gets priority
The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (HPPCB) has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to immediately stop work on the Pinjore-Shimla highway.
03/09/2010
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
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Cabinet approves rehabilitation package for NHDP
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: While approving the rehabilitation package for evictees created by the National Highway Development Programme, the Cabinet on Thursday asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to review the alignment prepared for the development of NH-17 and NH- 47.
‘’There are several complaints about the alignment prepared by the NHAI.
03/09/2010
New Indian Express (Kochi)
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Delays dog highway widening project
Ranchi, Aug. 31: The proposed four-laning of the Ranchi-Jamshedpur stretch of NH-33 is set for another round of delays with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) deciding to extend the deadline for submitting bids to October 5.
The bids were supposed to be opened today to decide which of the 18 construction companies that have evinced interest would win the ambitious project.
01/09/2010
Telegraph (Ranchi)
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New Brahmaputra bridge Pier No 3 develops cracks: BJP
Spl Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Aug 11 – Alleging a cover up operation, BJP pointed out that pier No 3 of the under construction bridge over Brahmaputra River parallel to Saraighat Bridge has developed cracks. Use of poor quality cement and design flaws were cited as some of the prime reasons for the fiasco.
NEW DELHI, Aug 11 – Alleging a cover up operation, BJP pointed out that pier No 3 of the under construction bridge over Brahmaputra River parallel to Saraighat Bridge has developed cracks. Use of poor quality cement and design flaws were cited as some of the prime reasons for the fiasco.
12/08/2010
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Tender process for 35 NHAI toll plazas gets SC green light
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) got the Supreme Court nod on Tuesday to issue tenders for 35 vantage toll plazas across the country, almost a month after the process was stayed by the Allahabad High Court.
11/08/2010
Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Centre sanctions Rs 145.72 cr for carriageways
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has sanctioned Rs 145.72 crore for the construction of carriageways along nearly 89 kilometres of road on two major national highways, mainly in the districts of Kangra and Sirmaur.
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said he received a communication on this from Union Minister for Surface Transport Kamal Nath on Monday.
20/07/2010
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
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By November, we will be building 20 km of national highways a day
: Road transport and highways minister Kamal Nath has recently called the Planning Commission an armchair advisor, obviously stung by the commission’s policies that allegedly impede his efforts to enhance the rate of national highway construction to 20 km a day.
16/07/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
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Nath-Montek standoff again, over report on NHAI’s state
Irked by reports that the Planning Commission has predicted the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will turn bankrupt, an agitated Union Transport Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday picked up his phone and complained to Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia. “I talked to Ahluwalia in the morning. He said there is no such report of the Planning Commission,” Nath told reporters.
16/07/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
