These relaxations include accepting of tenders up to 10% higher of the updated cost, splitting the works in smaller parts, awarding of works on nomination basis, separate Schedule of Rates (SoR), extended completion period and general exemption upto 5 hectare forest land under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. The districts are – Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Jashpur, Kanker, Koriya (Baikunthpur), Narayanpur , Rajnandgaon, Surguja, Dhamtari, Mahasamund ,Gariaband, Balod, Sukma, Kondagaon and Balrampur. The detailed project report (DPR) has been prepared for 16 road projects, stretching 1,646 km. Himeshwar Sharma - BPCL, Presented very friendly and interactively. Chief Minister Raman Singh has said that roads projects worth Rs35,000 crores are currently in the process of implementation in the entire State. 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In an official press release, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways claimed of already constructing 2921 Km under the Project. 59,973 crore), Expected monetisation of NHs through TOT (Toll-Operate-Transfer) (Rs. The Government of Assam has approved transfer of 200 Acres of land belonging to Ashok Paper Mill (APM) for the project in pursuance of the decision of the Cabinet. Bharatmala Projects in Bangalore. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has allocated fund Rs28.57 crores per district. The Road Requirement Plan-I (RRP-I scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways for improving road connectivity in 34 most LWE affected districts. The new company will build multimodal logistic parks and 1100 kilometres of port roads. B. Anand Reddy - Green Gas LTD. Nicely organised workshop,knowledgeable faculty. This Portal is a Mission Mode Project under the National E-Governance Plan, designed and developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India. The implementation of a pan-nation scheme to improve the road network was the idea of the PM. Bharatmala Project will interconnect 550 District Headquarters (from current 300) through a minimum 4-lane highway by raising the number of corridors to 50 (from current 6) and move 80% freight traffic (40% currently) to National Highways by interconnecting 24 logistics parks, 66 inter-corridors (IC) of total 8,000 km (5,000 mi), 116 feeder routes (FR) of total 7,500 km (4,700 mi) and 7 north east Multi-Modal waterway ports. The authority is in the process of setting up a separate entity under it that will look after the multimodal logistics parks and port connectivity projects, a senior government official, aware of the developments, told ET. The same holds true for the development of a huge and populous nation like India. Tomorrow is different. The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has entrusted NHIDCL with the work of development of a Multimodal Logistic Park (MMLP) at Jogigopha in Bongaigaon district under the Bharatmala Pariyojna. 46,048 crore) apart from additional budgetary support (Rs. A total length of 1733 km have been constructed till July 31, 2015. Besides, the Central Government has provided various relaxations for taking up the works in LWE affected areas ensuring early and timely completion of the projects. Balance works under NH(O), SARDP-NE, EAP & LWE schemes would continue under relevant schemes, Autonomous Bodies / Societies / Public Sector Undertakings, SARDP including Arunachal Pradesh Package. In an attempt to boost-up developmental works in insurgency-hit districts, the Chhattisgarh Government has decided to fix three percent amount of cost of construction works funded by the Centre as ‘protection component’. These corridors are proposed for development to at least 4-lane access controlled (fully access control for Economic Corridors), however, DPR for access controlled 6-laning/8-laning may be required, in certain stretches, depending upon traffic. Bharatmala Pariyojana (Project) is a centrally-sponsored and funded Road and Highways project of the Government of India. Governor for expanding activities for benefit of underprivileged, Illegal Mining: Industry Dept. Bharatmala Phase I - is to be implemented over a five years period of i.e. Notably, a total of 16 districts of Chhattisgarh remain insurgency-infested out of the 106 districts in 10 States as identified by the Central Government as ‘Left Wing Extremism’ (LWE) affected districts in the country, according to the latest Central Government data. The Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Minister inaugurated and laid foundation stone of 45 highway projects worth Rs 11,427 crore in the state through video conference. The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways acquired 115 hectares of land in Chhattisgarh for taking up various national highway projects during the last financial year, the Central Government has informed. Further, about 8,000 km of Inter Corridors and about 7,500 km of Feeder Routes have been identified for improving effectiveness of Economic Corridors, GQ and NS-EW Corridors. Tomorrow is different. Rahul Bhandari is Editor of TheNewsHimachal and has been part of the digital world for last 12 years. Undertaking DPR preparation for the next lot of projects will help save time and the focus is on preparing high quality detailed reports for faster execution," a highway ministry official said.