Govt approves extra Rs 1,691 cr for toll road works in J&K, Uttarakhand
A total of Rs 340 crore ceiling has been licensed for Uttarakhand for national highways, in step with the communication dated June 24
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The authorities has licensed an additional Rs 1,691 crore for toll road works by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand for 2020-21.
Of this, Rs 1,351.10 crore has been sanctioned to BRO for avenue works in Jammu & Kashmir, the avenue transport and highways ministry acknowledged in a communication to Border Roads Building Board (BRDB) Director Fashioned Lt Gen Harpal Singh.
A total of Rs 340 crore ceiling has been licensed for Uttarakhand for national highways, in step with the communication dated June 24.
As well, it has also given nod for additonal sanction of Rs 71 crore for toll road works by the yelp’s Public Works Department in Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu,
Moreover, it has also enhanced the total ceiling to Rs 1,955 crore for highways work for Nagaland under Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) from the present Rs 1,081 crore.
“Competent authority has licensed the additional sanction ceiling for NH(O) works for the year 2020-21 to states /United states of americaof Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu for yelp PWDs and for yelp/ UT of Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand for BRO,” the communication acknowledged.
It acknowledged that the present sanction for national highways (current) work for yelp PWDs turned into once Rs 2,269 crore, which has been raised to Rs 2,340 crore. As well, Rs 1,691 crore ceiling turned into once licensed for BRO, taking the additional ceiling of Rs 4,081 crore for national highways in these areas.
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“For NH(O)-Fashioned tasks for yelp govt/UTs, 20 per cent of the sanction ceiling has been proposed for unsuitable drainage works. Sanction of broken unsuitable drainage work would perchance objective be given topmost precedence,” the communication acknowledged.
Widening of national highways (NHs) and their strengthening under the annual thought 2020-21 would perchance objective be suitably finalised by mission zones in consultation with extra DG/ DG (avenue pattern) and special secretary, it acknowledged.
“Efforts would perchance objective be made to award the final sanctioned works under spillover/ balance sanction ceiling and extra sanction ceiling already given and now not lower than 50 per cent of sanctioned works under rapid extra sanction ceiling,” it added.
Earlier, National Highways and Infrastructure Building Company (NHIDCL) enhanced the remuneration of its personnel working in tricky terrains.
NHIDCL, a entirely-owned firm of the Authorities of India, under the Ministry of Aspect street Transport and Highways, is engaged in building, preserving and upgrading national highways and strategic roads, including interconnecting roads in approach to the nation which share world boundaries with neighbouring countries.
The roads are in-constructed subtle terrain under inhospitable and adversarial weather stipulations and other environmental factors.