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Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated a series of projects worth over Rs 5,500 crore in Assam. These include a six-lane bridge over the Brahmaputra here, the region’s second Indian Institute of Management (IIM), a national data centre, and a fleet of electric buses.The rollout, months ahead of the Assam assembly elections, is…
Union cabinet has approved construction of a 4-lane access-controlled greenfield corridor from Gohpur (NH-15) to Numaligarh (NH-715), including a 15.79-km road-cum-rail underwater tunnel under the Brahmaputra, at a total capital cost of Rs 18,662 crore, the government said.The total project length will be about 33.7 km, and will be implemented on an Engineering, Procurement and…
NEW DELHI: Cabinet is likely to approve over half a dozen infrastructure projects on Friday worth over Rs 40,000 crore, including nearly Rs 19,000 crore road-cum-rail tunnel through Brahmaputra river in poll-bound Assam. This will be one of the biggest govt funded projects in the highway sector.South Block will host the last Cabinet meeting on…
Fire at Brahmaputra Apartments, a Rajya Sabha members’ residential complex on Bishambhar Das Marg, New Delhi. NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at Brahmaputra Apartments, a residential complex in New Delhi, around early afternoon. The building, which houses members of the Rajya Sabha, is located on Bishambhar Das Marg in the capital. The fire department…
NEW DELHI: The Union government has prepared a Rs 6.4 trillion ($77 billion) transmission plan to transfer more than 76 gigawatts of hydroelectric capacity from the Brahmaputra basin by 2047 to meet rising electricity demand, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) said on Monday.In a report released on Monday, the CEA said the plan includes 208…
The tunnel holds strategic significance due to its proximity to Arunachal Pradesh, which borders China. (AI image for representative purpose) India may get its first underwater road tunnel under a major river in the coming years. The new road tunnel project planned under the Brahmaputra river is awaiting a nod from the Union Cabinet.The tunnel…
