NEW RECORD SET BY IJM INDIA REGARDING ROAD CONSTRUCTION

HIGHLIGHTS

• IJM (India) Infrastructure Ltd has set new record in the context of road construction.
• 25.54 lane-km road stretch was laid in 17 hours and 45 minutes on its Solapur – Bijapur highway project.

IJM (India) Infrastructu...

ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN INDIA TOUCHING RECORD 30 KM PER DAY

HIGHLIGHTS

• Under the Bharatmala Pariyojna, nationwide road construction in India is touching record 30 km per day
• At a cost of about ? 5.35 hundred-thousand billion Indian government has envisaged building 34,800 km of highways.

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CONSTRUCTION OF INDIA’S FIRST GREENFIELD EXPRESSWAY TO BEGIN SOON

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• Connecting Chennai and Bengaluru, the construction of first Greenfield Expressway is going to start soon.
• Initially plans were to have eight lanes in this expressway.
• Now the expressway plan has been downgraded to four lanes as t...

CONSTRUCTION OF ZOJILA TUNNEL BEGINS IN INDIA

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• Zojila is one of the most dangerous stretches in the world to drive a vehicle.
• The construction of Zojila tunnel is also geo-strategically sensitive.
• Construction of Zojila tunnel was a public demand from Drass, Kargil, and Ladak...

ENDLESS EXPRESSWAYS AT THROWAWAY PRICES LURES DOMESTIC COMPANIES SIDELINING CHINA

• The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which monetizes operating assets through the Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT) model, gives long-term tolling rights to those on the lookout for a breakthrough deal against a lump sum payment.
• There is a lesson for the Chinese in this ...