A sum of Rs3720million has been allocated by the Sri Lankan government for improving and maintaining rural road network in the country. The project is to be undertaken through Maga Neguma programme to achieve socio-economic development, mobility, connecti
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An agreement to begin construction work of the proposed Colombo-Katunayake expressway has been signed between Sri Lanka’s Road Development Authority and China Metallurgical Construction Group.
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Sri Lanka which has worked out a National Road Master Plan for the next one decade, proposed explore the possibility of technical cooperation with the National Highways Authority of India to upgrade and maintain road network in the Island nation.
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About 222 iron bridges will be built in Sri Lanka in the next three years. An amount of Rs10,000 million has been set apart for this programme, Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle announced. He laid the foundation-stone for a new bridge at Morawalapitiya on th
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Colombo: The world’s largest construction company, Vinci Construction Grands Projects SAS (Vinci) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Road Development Authority (RDA) last year and subsequently submitted the technical proposal on Fe
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Colombo: The Japanese Government has provided a grant of Rs. 30 million (Japanese Yen 33 million) for the preparation of the detailed design for the construction of a New Bridge connecting the Mannar island to the mainland and improvement of its Ca
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Posted on: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 ; 15:26 IST
Colombo: The Government will spend approximately Rs. 40 billion for the improvement of the country's highway network, which includes bridges, flyovers and the Marine Drive this year, General Manager of the Road Development Authority R. M. R. Premas
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RPTL signs power pact with western region power utilities
Reliance Power Transmission (RPTL), subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure, India’s largest private sector enterprise in power utility, has signed power transmission agreement with eight entities from western India for two inter-state power transmission projects.
RPTL signed the agreement through its two Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) for the projects under the Western Region System Strengthening Scheme-II (WRSSS-II), entailing an investment of INR18 billion, for establishing 400 KV double circuit transmission lines of around 1,500 kms, mainly in Maharashtra Continue
