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'Hamara Bihar Hamari Sadak': CM Nitish Kumar launches mobile app for reporting poor road conditions
4 days, 6 hours ago

'Hamara Bihar Hamari Sadak': CM Nitish Kumar launches mobile app for reporting poor road conditions

India TV News  

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in the state, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday unveiled a new mobile application, "Hamara Bihar Hamari Sadak," aimed at empowering citizens to report poor road conditions, even in the remotest corners of the state. The app was launched during a ceremony at the Chief Minister's official residence in Patna, in the presence …

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Inner Mongolia constructs 5,500 km of rural roads in 2024
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Inner Mongolia constructs 5,500 km of rural roads in 2024

China Daily  

According to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Department of Transport, 5,500 kilometers of rural roads have been constructed in the region so far this year, surpassing the annual target by 10 percent. Since 2014, Inner Mongolia has focused on building, managing, maintaining, and operating rural roads effectively. The "four good rural roads" initiative has been a crucial strategy for coordinating …

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China makes notable achievements in rural road construction: white paper
3 weeks, 3 days ago

China makes notable achievements in rural road construction: white paper

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China has made notable achievements in the construction of rural roads, with increased total length, rising technical standards and better accessibility, said a white paper released by China's State Council Information Office on Friday. The white paper, titled "China's Rural Roads in the New Era," said that by the end of 2023, the total length of rural roads …

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Morning briefing: GRAP guidelines for Delhi-NCR schools revised; Andhra CM announces rural roads privatisation plans
1 month ago

Morning briefing: GRAP guidelines for Delhi-NCR schools revised; Andhra CM announces rural roads privatisation plans

Hindustan Times  

The air quality in Delhi slightly improved but remained in the severe category on Wednesday as a thin blanket of smog covered parts of Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and other areas of the National Capital Region. The 24-hour average Air Quality Index, recorded daily at 4pm, stood at 419 on Wednesday, down from 444 on Tuesday, after touching nearly 500 …

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Privatisation of rural roads in Andhra in works, says CM Naidu
1 month ago

Privatisation of rural roads in Andhra in works, says CM Naidu

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad The Andhra Pradesh government is contemplating giving rural roads to private players for construction and maintenance on the lines of national highways to avoid extra burden on the state exchequer, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Wednesday. Naidu suggested that the private infrastructure firms would be invited to take up construction of rural roads and they would be …

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CM Naidu proposes PPP model for pothole-free rural roads in Andhra
1 month ago

CM Naidu proposes PPP model for pothole-free rural roads in Andhra

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu proposed implementing the Public-Private Partnership model to ensure pothole-free roads in rural areas across the State. During a discussion on irrigation projects in the Assembly on Tuesday, he suggested constructing new rural roads under the PPP model, akin to the approach used for National Highways in India. Highlighting the lack of sufficient financial resources for …

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Punjab: Banks reluctant to extend Mandi Board loan for its rural roads repair project
3 months, 1 week ago

Punjab: Banks reluctant to extend Mandi Board loan for its rural roads repair project

Hindustan Times  

With the banks and other financial institutions seemingly reluctant to extend a loan to the Punjab state agricultural marketing board on easier terms for repairing the rural roads, the Mandi Board has decided to go with the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development offer. The Mandi Board is responsible for the upkeep of rural roads totalling 65,000km in length …

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Cash-strapped Punjab Mandi Board looks to raise ₹2k cr for repairing rural roads
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Cash-strapped Punjab Mandi Board looks to raise ₹2k cr for repairing rural roads

Hindustan Times  

The cash-strapped state’s agricultural marketing board is looking to raise loans of ₹1,800 to ₹2,000 crore to repair the rural roads in Punjab, which have not been paved for the past 6 to 8 years. “We have some funds with us and need ₹1,800 crore to ₹2,000 crore additionally,” said Neelima, secretary Mandi Board. Development in the rural sector, especially …

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Central Govt Plans Major Funding For Rural Road Connectivity Under PMGSY
5 months, 1 week ago

Central Govt Plans Major Funding For Rural Road Connectivity Under PMGSY

News 18  

In the past few years, the infrastructural development of roads and connectivity has been rising. The government has aimed that, with connectivity to villages, good roads to rural areas can accelerate economic activities and reduce poverty. As per the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana, villages that have a minimum population of 300 to 400 people will be selected to improve …

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Tamil Nadu CM Stalin announces development of additional 10,000 km rural roads
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin announces development of additional 10,000 km rural roads

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday announced in the Assembly that in the next two years, additionally, 10,000 km rural roads will be developed under the CM's Village Roads Development Scheme at an estimated cost of Rs 4,000 crore. Under the Chief Minister's Village Roads Development Scheme announced by him on January 13, 2023 in the …

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T.N. Assembly: CM Stalin announces second phase of ₹4,000 crore project to improve 10,000 km of rural roads
5 months, 4 weeks ago

T.N. Assembly: CM Stalin announces second phase of ₹4,000 crore project to improve 10,000 km of rural roads

The Hindu  

A total of 10,000 km of roads in rural areas would be improved under the second phase of the Chief Minister’s Rural Road Development Programmes, said Chief Minister M.K. Making a suo motu statement, Mr. Stalin said these roads would be improved at a cost of ₹4,000 crore over the next two years. The first phase of the scheme was …

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Residents block key road near Ranipet in protest against damage to rural roads by trucks involved in Bengaluru Expressway work
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Residents block key road near Ranipet in protest against damage to rural roads by trucks involved in Bengaluru Expressway work

The Hindu  

Residents including women, farmers, traders and students from 20 village hamlets of the Nemili taluk in Ranipet on Tuesday, December 26, 2023, blocked the Ocheri-Arakkonam Main Road in Panapakkam village protesting against the damage of village roads by trucks that carry sand and blue metal, for the ongoing ₹5,964 crore Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway work. Residents said that the many rural roads …

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Meet Akshay and Gurkirat, the Duo Travelling from Kohima to Kanyakumari on Foot
2 years, 9 months ago

Meet Akshay and Gurkirat, the Duo Travelling from Kohima to Kanyakumari on Foot

News 18  

With an aim to raise awareness on pedestrian safety and promote active lifestyle, engineers Gurkirat Singh and Akshay Aralikatti have embarked on a journey from Nagaland to Kanyakumari on foot. “I developed painful blisters on my feet five days into the journey and one of Gurkirats’s old ankle injuries began to act up,” Akshay told The Indian Express. Reportedly, Akshay …

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每日一词∣农村公路rural highway
2 years, 9 months ago

每日一词∣农村公路rural highway

China Daily  

交通运输部相关负责人近日表示，今年我国将进一步完善农村公路网络。交通运输部数据显示，去年，我国农村公路投资约4100亿，新改建农村公路超过16万公里。 China will further improve the country's rural highway network this year, according to the Ministry of Transport. Last year, the country's total investment in rural highways reached about 410 billion yuan. 这是广西融安县潭头乡岭背村的村屯公路和穿村而过的三北高速公路（无人机照片，2021年12月摄）。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 在中国迈向交通强国的进程中，一个布局完善、互联互通、绿色智能、耐久可靠的综合交通基础设施网络体系，离不开农村公路这一“毛细血管”的畅通。2019年8月，交通运输部等八部门联合印发关于推动“四好农村路”高质量发展的指导意见，明确到2025年，农村交通条件和出行环境得到根本改善，基本建成布局合理、连接城乡、安全畅通、服务优质、绿色经济的农村公路网络。 今年，交通运输部将着力稳定农村公路有效投资规模，力争新增460个乡镇通三级以上公路，新增约3.2万个较大人口规模村组通硬化路，进一步完善农村公路网络。加大对农村公路桥梁、隧道等一些隐患的排查和治理力度，实施农村公路安全生命防护工程5万公里，改造5000多座危桥，保障农村群众安全出行。提升农村公路养护的质量水平，提高养护的专业化、机械化、规模化的水平，将农村公路路面自动化检测比例提升到40%左右，引导各地加大养护投入，提升路况水平。同时，完善县乡村三级物流体系，扩大快递进村的覆盖面。 【重要讲话】 加大交通、水利、能源等领域投资力度，补齐农村基础设施和公共服务短板。 Efforts should be strengthened to enhance investments in sectors including transport, water conservancy and energy, and shore up the weak links of …

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Karnataka Minister Writes to Guv Against BSY's 'Authoritarian' Rule, Alleges 'Serious Lapses'
3 years, 8 months ago

Karnataka Minister Writes to Guv Against BSY's 'Authoritarian' Rule, Alleges 'Serious Lapses'

News 18  

Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister KS Eshwarappa on Wednesday revolted against Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa as he accused him of interfering in the functioning of his ministry. The rural development minister said it was a violation of the Karnataka Rules, 1977, and also defied the “established practices and procedures relating to the affairs of the state”. “I am …

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Mamata presents vote-on-account for Rs 2.99 lakh cr in Bengal Assembly; Opposition parties boycott speech
3 years, 10 months ago

Mamata presents vote-on-account for Rs 2.99 lakh cr in Bengal Assembly; Opposition parties boycott speech

Firstpost  

The West Bengal chief minister also made a slew of announcements, including a hike in the annual aid of farmers, 20 lakh houses for the SC and ST communities, 100 schools in tea garden areas as well as rural roads spanning 46,000 km, among others With state elections round the corner, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday presented …

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