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India is the only country "This will be put in public domain, al- ing up by an average of one per cent
to have 5/20 norm: Air Asia though the present database is not in cost.
chief public domain. Over 300 engineers
from 17 consultant offices were trained This year, till January, Rs. 32,000 crore
AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes said India for compiling the inventory. The was spent by the government and Rs.
is the only country in the world with a project consultancy involved Rs. 7 12,000 crore was spent by private de-
5/20 kind of aviation norm. crore. The total cost is expected to be velopers, said sources.
Rs. 300 crore," said a source.
"India needs more tourism. More jobs. The Highway Ministry has also decided
Only country in the world with a 5/ 20 Mumbai-based IDDC Engineers will be to have independent external monitors
rule. Malaysia has foreign airlines op- in charge of the project. The database for procurement. "The Central Vigi-
erating here. No issue," Fernandes will help prioritise the bridges that lance Commission has decided on hav-
tweeted. Taking a potshot at the op- need to be rehabilitated faster. ing Rs. Gujral, former Revenue and
ponents, he said, in a tweet: "People Road Secretary, as the IEM for Road
of India your voice needs to be heard "These would capture parameters like Ministry.
more. For too long airlines have been national identity number, latitude and
controlled by a few. Mostly NRIs. Com- longitude, classification and socio eco- Meanwhile, there will be different
petition is needed." nomic aspects," they said. IEMs for NHAI and NHIDCL," said a
source. The IEM will oversee
Highway Ministry prepar- Highway Ministry gave a project award of over Rs 100 crore,
ing largest database on nod to 8 projects worth Rs and consultancy work of over Rs. 5
1,50,000 bridges 5,954 cr crore.

The Highway Ministry is preparing the Highway Ministry's expenditure finance Cars to get Star rating
largest database of bridges in country, committee gave its nod to award eight stickers for fuel mileage
covering 1,50,000 bridges. highway projects with a total length of
347 km costing Rs. 5,954 crore, said By the end of this year, vehicle
As of now, a database of 50,000 bridges sources. manufacturers will have to issue stick-
has been prepared in the last six ers mentioning the star rating of ve-
months. This has emerged as the larg- For these projects, anything between hicles based on fuel mileage. The road
est database of bridges on highways - one and four road safety audits are transport ministry has issued a draft
Germany has a database of 46,000 now being conducted. As a result of notification on the design of the
bridges. these audits, the project costs are go- stickers.

"Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your
destiny."

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