1.Stationed for Green!

Tirupati railway station receives IGBC Gold rating for its green initiatives

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2.GFRG to speed up affordable housing

GFRG offers better resistance to earthquake and flood-like situations

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3.Tirupati station gets Gold rating for green initiative

The Green Railway Station Rating system has been developed by CII-IGBC

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4.Kolhapur Airport to get a new terminal building and ATC tower

The foundation stone for a new terminal building and ATC Tower at Kolhapur Airport in Maharashtra has been reportedly laid by Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu.

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5.Chittoor to get its third airport

After releasing the vision action plan document at the Collectorate in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has reportedly approved for establishing another airport at Madanapalle.

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6.Centre okays Rs 23.62 bn for ongoing railway projects in Andhra Pradesh

The ongoing projects under South Central Railway (SCR) in Andhra Pradesh has reportedly received fund allocation from the Centre. The Centre has sanctioned Rs 59.24 billion for SCR this year.

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7.Smart Cities turn 60!

According to a recent report by the Smart Cities Council India, traditional cities with unauthorised colonies, slum clusters, poor transportation, inadequate water and electricity supply, narrow roads, lanes and by-lanes, are going to transform rapidly, after the Smart City plan is implemented.

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8.Railways to build road overbridges at select level-crossings

Union Minister of Railways Mallikarjun Kharge has stated that Indian Railways has decided to construct road overbridges (RoBs) at level-crossings based on feasibility studies. The RoBs would be commissioned wherever train-vehicle unit is greater than one lakh count, he added. Kharge was in Puducherry in connection with the launch of the new Tirupati–Puducherry weekly express on September 17.

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9.Cartels halt work on Chennai-Tirupati road in TN

Widening of half of the 124.7 km Chennai-Tirupati road in Tamil Nadu side has been delayed due to corruption and red-tapism in the State government, says National Highways Authority of India officials. Half of the National Highway 205 falls in Tamil Nadu, and the other half in Andhra Pradesh.

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10.AP's 4 cities to get 737 low-floor Jnnurm buses

Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (JNNURM) scheme, people of Hyderabad, Visakhapatanam, Vijayawada and Tirupati will get 737 low-floor, semi low-floor buses of different kinds. The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is going to launch the low-floor buses.

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