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NHAI debars consultant for deficient services in NH project

NHAI has debarred Lion Engineering Consultants in association with Synergy Engineering Group from engagement in future NHAI projects for a period of six months.

Dwarka Expressway construction back on track

The construction of Dwarka Expressway (Northern Peripheral Road) has been put on fast track following a favourable court order and a recent land acquisition notification.

Afcons to do tunnelling at Chennai Metro

Afcons Infrastructure Ltd will carry out the tunnelling work for the underground stretch.

Elektrans Group appoints Chetan Anand as Corp Advisor

Elektrans Group has announced the appointment of Chetan Anand as Corporate Advisor to the Board and to the Group Executive Management Team. Chetan is recognised as one of the top lawyers in India today and he will represent the fast growing shipping group in all criminal and corporate legal matters.

Court nod to Vedanta for merger of Sesa Goa, Sterlite

Vedanta Resources Plc moved a step closer to merging two of its Indian subsidiaries after the Madras High Court in India approved the company's plan to simplify its group structure. The mining conglomerate had said early last year that it planned to overhaul its web of subsidiaries, creating an umbrella unit that will group most of its assets.

Gurgaon residents complain to CM over bad roads

Fed up with the lackadaisical attitude of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) regarding the upkeep of the approach roads to Gurgaon's Sector 21, the area residents last week wrote a letter to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, seeking his intervention in the matter. In November, the CM of Haryana had visited the sector and ordered an immediate solution. The administrator had then promised that the road would be made in the next three months but not even a survey has been done till

Karnataka to float fresh bids for BDA layout road works

The Karnataka on July 4 submitted before the High Court that fresh tenders would be called for execution of road works in the controversial Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout, near Kengeri, and that it would revoke the previous tenders. The Government Counsel R Dev?das, in his submission before the High Court, which was hearing a petition regarding controversial financial tender/bids for executing the road works, said fresh tenders would be called shortly to award the works afresh.

Court issues notices on PIL

Media reports indicate that the Andhra Pradesh High Court issued notices to the concerned authorities in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the granting of the Bayyaram mining lease to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (Visakhapatnam Steel Plant). JayaPrakasha Rao, retired associate professor of Osmania University, and two others of Khammam district filed a PIL with the court challenging the state government's decision to grant iron ore mining lease to the

Govt may not clear all renewal cases by June 15

Odisha government said it would not be possible to clear all the applications for renewing mining leases by June 15 in view of the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) on February 1, 2013. Therefore, the state government, at an inter-departmental meeting, decided to request the High Court to give more time for clearing these applications. The state gove

Opposition faults allocation of ore mine to Pushp Steel

The Chhattisgarh government's allotment of iron ore block to Pushp Steel and Mines was criticised by the opposition party in the state as it feels that the company does not deserve it. Congress Party, which is the opposition party in the state, points out that according to an earlier Delhi High Court order, the state government should not grant mining lease to a company with no experience and almost no capit

Noida farmers agree to give land for 8-lane link road

Greater Noida Authority has said that farmers of Devla and Khodna Khurd villages have agreed to part with their land for the eight-lane Noida-Greater Noida link road. The Authority said that the 130 m link road will be ready by July. The Authority will soon begin taking over the land whose acquisition was quashed by Allahabad high court on October 21, 2011.

NHAI yet to be handed over land for road widening

In Kerala, more than Rs 20 crore has gone to waste in the name of land acquisition for widening of the Thiruvananthapuram-Cherthala stretch of NH 47. While the second deadline for the land acquisition notification lapsed last month, no land has been handed over to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for widening the highway.

OMDC awaits govt nod for mining operation

Orissa Minerals Development Company (OMDC) is awaiting approval from the Odisha government to start mining from its Kolha Roida iron ore mine. It is learnt that the mine is cleared of all litigation and given all approvals, so now it is left to the state government to allow it to start operations. Kolha Roida is on

HC lifts stay on Sector 56 road project in Gurgaon

The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has now started working on a road project near a prominent private school in Sector 56. HUDA has started the work of calculating budget for the road that goes along the private school.

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.

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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