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HC asks Thane TMC to complete road projects
The Bombay High Court has chided the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC)recently for not undertaking road projects approved in the city development plan. The PIL came up for hearing before a division bench of Justices Ajay Khanvikar and AP Bhangle who then directed the TMC to take up the issue with the departments concerned and resolve it within two weeks.

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MMRDA takes up road works on big scale in suburbs
The Rs 4,028-crore budget cleared by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on March 23 made it clear that the budget's thrust would be on road infrastructure development in the city's distant suburbs such as Thane, Navi Mumbai, and Kalyan-Dombivli.

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Manholes covered Nagpur roads now give smooth ride
To made rides on Nagpur roads less bumpy, the the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has started leveling manholes with the road surface, starting from LaxmiNagar zone in South-West Nagpur. In another development, the work to shift electricity poles on 27 roads is almost nearing completion.

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IDA's plea to State govt to reconsider LIG link road width
Unable to get sufficient land and remove encroachments coming in the way of proposed LIG link road, Indore Development Authority (IDA) has once again sent a request to the Madhya Pradesh government for reconsidering to keep width of road to 18 metre against 24 metre as proposed in the master plan.

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GMR ready to re-take road project if govt cuts premium
GMR Infrastructure now says that it is ready to take up the 555-km Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad highway project again if there is a cut in the initial premium it owes to the government. GMR had withdrawn from the Rs 5,700 crore highway project owing to inconsistencies on environment clearance.

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Toll rates hiked on Ernakulam-Thrissur national h'way
In Kerala, the Guruvayur Infrastructure, a joint venture company responsible for toll collection and road maintenance on the Mannuthi-Edappally stretch of the National Highway has hiked the toll rates being charged from motorists at the Paliyekkara toll plaza in Thrissur on March 27. The toll hike has taken place despite strong public protests.

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Now, Delhi to have one-legged elevated roads
In a first, 24.2 metre-wide elevated roads will be constructed in Delhi on a single narrow column using the single-pier technique. In this, six lanes of traffic will move on top, while four lanes will be open at the ground level as well. These elevated flyways are being built on outer Ring Road and Ring Road, and will help avoid traffic congestion at the ground level, say officials.

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Bangalore's Bannerghatta road to be widened soon
The iconic stone structure at the main entrance of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) will soon make way for a road widening project on Bannerghatta Road. The widening of the Bannerghatta-NICE Road stretch has been approved by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) recently.

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MMRDA to spend Rs 622 cr on road infra in Thane dist
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will spend Rs 622 crore on the extended Mumbai urban infrastructure projects, mainly in Thane district. It will build six flyovers, a creek-bridge at Vasai between Naigaon and Bhayendar and over 90-km of road network in Vasai, Thane, Kalyan, Dombivli, Ambernath, Karjat , Badlapur and Arnala.

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Centre to set up road regulatory authority
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on March 28 announced the proposal to set up a road regulatory authority to address issues such as financial stress, construction risk and contract management in the sector.The Minister said the independent regulatory authority will be set up in 2014 to address all issues faced by the road sector.