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Delhi-Noida flyway to remain toll-free
11 Nov 2016
While refusing to vacate an Allahabad high court order to stop toll collection on DND, the apex court also asked the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to verify the cost of the flyway project
Reforms cut risks, drive up highway construction
17 Oct 2016
CAG finds 'ghosts' in centre’s road building scheme
13 Aug 2016
`Ghost' roads that exist only on paper; poor quality and diversion of funds are just some of the holes that the Comptroller and Auditor General has picked in the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Centre decides to terminate 3 highway projects
23 Apr 2016
IRB awarded Rs10,050-cr J&K tunnel project
04 Jan 2016
The project involves construction of 14.08 km tunnel - the longest in South-East Asia - besides 10.8 km approach road with three vertical ventilation shafts, snow gallery of 700 meters and avalanche protection measures
India set to build tunnel, sea bridge to Lanka
17 Dec 2015
Brookfield buys 9 Gammon Infra projects for Rs6,750 cr
29 Aug 2015
Out of the nine projects, six are operational, one is under expansion and two are under development
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